Unusual weight scale ticket

[coppinpr]

Someone contacted my site asking if I could tell them anything about this machine ticket (not rocket science seeing as it says "personal weight" and even gives the makers name "Seitz-werke"). What is unusual is the machine uses pounds and not Kilos. I'm guessing they made the machine mostly for export? hence the Lbs not Kg. The machine dates to 1935 (photo 2) and the company's main business was making wine filters (and still is for that matter). I love the factory staff photo, the boy on the far left has future Nazi SS officer written all over him The ticket was found in the bottom of a violin case when the instrument came in to be restored.

[john t peterson]

The group photo is precious. I particularly like the expresso machine on wheels, center stage.

J Peterson
Coffee fan, USA

[brigham]

Pfund is the Prussian unit of weight still commonly in use to describe body mass.
Originally equal to 1.031 lb UK, it was re-defined by the German Customs Union as equal to 500 grammes, or 1.102 lb. UK.
Present day usage of 'Pfund' almost always means this 'customs pound' (zollpfund).

[coppinpr]

actually, the Pfund WAS a standard Prussian unit of weight in common use equal to the "pound" that we still use, both words are derived from the Germarno-latin word related to the standard weight of an uncooked loaf of bread (if I remember correctly from school) introduced by the Romans during their time in Gaul. .Its a bit of a leftover from the pre-metric times in Germany,a bit like our "stones" which is also unique to body weight these days, although it didn't used to be so limited. I wonder when the Germans stopped using it in weight scales?