Item HT 15930 Wire Stapler - Brehmer, Bookbinding, early 1940s

Summary

This stapler was used for bookbinding. it was manufactured by Brehmer of Leipzig but the date of manufacture is not known, possibly early 1940s. The machine was issued as a table or bench model; the wooden stand is locally made and rough. The brand name is cast on a distinctive 'open book' image.

The machine is a pedal operated, hand lever book stitcher for wire stapling of sheets or sections,

The machine might possibly have come from the Victorian Government Printing Office.