This notice was posted in the cafeteria shortly after the liberation in 1945. It served as a reminder to all employees that it was strictly forbidden to demonstrate weapons anywhere on the premises. Message from…
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As strange as it may sound DIS had a production of surgical nails from 1939 to approximately 1945. This little known area of production has been described in a recent article in the journal: Dansk…
Leave a CommentCommer was a British manufacturer of commercial vehicles from 1905 until 1979. Commer vehicles included car-derived vans, light vans, medium to heavy commercial trucks, military vehicles and buses. The company also designed and built some…
Leave a CommentThe production of motorcycles (MC) is part of the best known DIS history. The Danish Veteran MC community has a strong interest for Danish produced bikes and a couple of authors have treated the history…
Leave a CommentDIS produced various mounts to Madsen. This is an early and really nice example of the sales material produced. This is a two page pamphlet/brochure from 1936 printed on glossy paper by J. D. Qvist…
Leave a CommentEven though the Danish army produced their own Madsen (with some exceptions) the DIS version sometimes turned up on the army shooting range. Either as a comparison to the armies own version of the Madsen…
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