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Pelikan 100 (ca.1942) - the eighth generation

Green indicates the changes from Pelikan 100 (ca.1940).

Cap top; material: celluloid, shape: conical, flat cap top edge, logo: new two chicks logo on the top and “Pelikan GÜNTER WAGNER” on the lateral side.

Cap tube; material: celluloid, shape: 2 cap holes (one hole facing each other) /no vent holes⁽¹⁾, two incised rings (roulette)²⁾, grooved at the level of vent holes around the inner wall.

Clip; shape: nickel-plated drop clip³.

Nib; material: chromium/nickel (CN) - steel, shape: round vent hole, logo: (“CN” is circled)

Pelikan

CN

Feed; material: ebonite, shape: slanted tail, three lamellae.

Nib socket; material: ebonite, shape: short (12 mm).

Grip section and barrel; material: one piece injection molded transparent acrylics, shape; flat top edge, tapered.

Sleeve; material: celluloid.

Filling system; material: injection molded acrylics with black elastomer seal (late type)⁾, shape: smooth turning knob.

Dimensions;

As of June 26, 1942, only standard (black/black, black/green) 100s were allowed to be produced for the domestic market, and only standard 100s, standard 100Ns, and 101Ns were produced for the export market.

On August 13, 1942, Günter Wagner announced that only 100s without metal cap rings were to be produced for the domestic marke⁽³⁾ (this was the eighth and last generation of model 100). CN nib was no longer plated at that time.

On March 19, 1943, Deutscher Reichsanzeiger announced that all production of fountain pens and their spare parts would be illegal as of May 1, 1943. So, it seems that Günther Wagner stopped the production of model 100 for the domestic market at this time (FountainPen.it). At the same time, however, the company received the special instruction that the company should shift their production quota from domestic to foreign destinations.

As of March 31, 1944, the production of model 100 was only legal for the export markets (Pelikan Schreibgeräte). After that model 100 was no longer mentioned in the official documents. Many sources assume that model 100 was discontinued at that time. However, judging from the large number of pens with injection molded acrylics in proportion to their production period, the company presumably continued to produce spare parts until after World War II (Pelikan Schreibgeräte).

Note;⁽¹⁾The presence of vent holes is not consistent (GoPens).
²⁾Some pens have no roulette just like the cap tube of the first generation. At that time, brass used for cap tube rings was a strategic material. Montblanc also made wartime fountain pens without metal cap rings (Montblanc No. 134) in this period.
³⁾It seems that nickel-plated drop clip was introduced around this period.
⁾Please see Pelikan 100 (ca.1940) (Fig.5 right). When late type was introduced is not known.  Later, the black elastomer seals turned out to be leaky, as it tended to shrink and/or lose elasticity over time (Pelikan Schreibgeräte).

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