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From: Pat Missin
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 18:39:39
Subject: Re: old style marine bands

Doug Burns wrote:
>
>At a flea market I found a new, in the box MB with an actual photo
>(or photostat) of the US Marine Band glued to the box where it is
>normally just printed. The cover plates are bent in back to allow
>for more volume (just as Dave described above). The sticker on the
>inside of the box has a picture of M. Hohner on the left and 10 gold
>coins (awards?) on the right. Any idea how old?

Hohner stopped using the stuck on pictures sometime in the 60s. If it has
the Star int he centre of the trademark on the lower cover, that places it
a lot earlier, but without any more details, it is hard to be any more
specific.

-- Pat.