Maker
Wilhelm Kober & Co.
Suhl maker of electrical appliances and the first German electric hair clippers.
- City
- Suhl
- Rarity
- 1/5 · Common
- Est. production
- 35,000 (incl. 3,000 Röhm)
- Founded
- 1874
- In the book
- Pages 235–238
- SA Group stamps
- He, Sa, Th
- Types
- Early, Röhm inscription
In 1874 Friedrich Wilhelm Kober founded Wilhelm Kober & Co. in Suhl, making small electrical household appliances. It was the first company in Germany to produce electric hair clippers, under the name “Präfect”. The 1922 commercial register lists the firm as traders in iron and haberdashery.
