Like many other companies, Steyr Mannlicher relied on forced labour, employing numerous inmates from the Steyr-Münichholz subcamp of KZ Mauthausen.ĭuring the 1950s the Mannlicher-Schönauer full stock rifle experienced a renaissance. After the Austrian Anschluss to Nazi Germany in 1938, the Steyr factories were incorporated into the Reichswerke Hermann Göring industrial conglomerate and the outbreak of World War II provided a brief revival in weapons production. The production of Steyr Mannlicher weapons continued in cooperation with Patronenfabrik Solothurn AG at Zuchwil in neutral Switzerland.
In 1926 the company changed its name to "Steyr-Werke". To survive, the OEWG converted their machinery to concentrate on producing Steyr automobiles under chief designers Hans Ledwinka and Ferdinand Porsche, as well as bicycles (colloquially called Waffenräder ("weapon bicycles"). At the beginning of World War I, with more than 15,000 employees, production output was 4,000 weapons per day.Īfter the end of the war, weapons production in Steyr was all but entirely prohibited according to the 1919 Treaty of Saint-Germain, and the company faced bankruptcy. First applied in 1890, the Mannlicher pistol model 1905, and the Steyr pistol M.1912 became milestones in auto-loading pistols technology. Werndl's cooperation with engineer Ferdinand Mannlicher (1848-1904), who had patented an advanced repeating rifle in use by the Austro-Hungarian Army, made OEWG one of the largest weapon manufacturers in Europe. Waffenfabrik und Sägemühle in Oberletten" (Josef and Franz Werndl & Partners Weapons Factory and Sawmill in Oberletten), from which later emerged the "Österreichische Waffenfabriksgesellschaft" (OEWG, Austrian Arms-Manufacturing Company), a stock company ( AG) since 1869, of which the Steyr Mannlicher firearm production was a part. On April 16, 1864, he founded the "Josef und Franz Werndl & Comp.
After his father's death, 24-year-old Josef Werndl (1831-1889) took over his factory. In 1821, Leopold Werndl (1797-1855), a blacksmith in Steyr, began manufacturing iron parts for the productions of weapons. After the Thirty Years' War, thousands of muskets, pistols, and carbines were produced annually for the Habsburg Imperial Army. The privilege of iron and steel production, particularly for knives, was renewed by the Habsburg duke Albert of Austria in 1287. G & S: Army bags, namely, general purpose carrying bags for use by military personnel and marksmen but not intended for carrying weapons or ammunition shooting bags, namely, animal game bags and hunting bags International Codes:Ĭolor is not claimed as a feature of the mark.Steyr has been on the "iron road" to the nearby Erzberg mine since the days of the Styrian Otakar dukes and their Babenberg successors in the 12th and 13th century has been known as an industrial site for forging weapons. G & S: Firearms marksman's rifles, sniper rifles and assault rifles semi-automatic and fully automatic rifles rifles and muskets guns and revolvers firearms, namely, mortars fittings for the aforesaid goods, namely, stands for firearms, ammunition magazines, silencers for firearms, sighting and targeting devices, namely, non-telescopic gun sights for firearms ammunition for firearms and projectiles explosives holsters and ammunition belts in the nature of belts adapted for ammunition carrying cases and holsters for weapons, weapon accessories, namely, gun barrels, weapon sights in the nature of firearms sights other than telescopic sights, magazines for weapons, ammunition and guided missiles components for all the aforesaid goods, namely, gun barrels, breeches of firearms, firearm triggers, sights in the nature of firearms sights other than telescopic sights, magazines for weapons, gun stock, grips for firearms and gun locks G & S: Sidearms, not including firearms, namely, knives in the nature of combat, military, hunting, fishing and sports knives swords sabres billy clubs and nightsticks carrying cases and bags for side arms and side arm accessories, not including firearms, namely, knife sheaths, sword scabbards, knife bags and knife holsters
#STEYR MANNLICHER KNIVES REGISTRATION#
The registration date is used to determine when post-registration maintenance documents are due. (Hand tools) Hand tools and implements (hand operated) cutlery side arms razors. The trademark application has been registered with the Office.ģ - AN ILLUSTRATION DRAWING WHICH INCLUDES WORD(S)/ LETTER(S)/NUMBER(S)Ĭutlery, Machinery, Tools and Parts Thereof
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