1911-1913 Production of Dual Brand Clockwork motors No 1 and No 2 by Märklin, stock of these motors were sold by Meccano until 1916. In my collection is a boxed Märklin Meccano Motor No 1 with a 1916 box label. 1916 Meccano clockwork motors introduced. 1912 In Berlin Hornby founded a distribution-company called Meccano G.m.b.H, Berlin C.2, Burgstrasse 28, Bürohaus Borse. 1912- 1916 black finish parts instead of Nickel was used for outfits exported to the mainland of Europe. Standard Meccano box labels in German languages from this period where used for the Netherlands. The black finished parts were produced in the UK. Meccano wanted to differentiate between the nickel plated parts of the German company Stabil. 1916- July 1917 Due to shortage of material, box labels and nuts and bolt box labels, a MECCANO only label and a outfit number was used as box label and instead of a nuts and bolt box label a red round dot label was used. Due to shortage of brass, parts where made of steel and painted bronze. These bronze painted parts can also be found in outfits with the correct 1912 -1916 box label and can therefore be dated just before point they run out of label stock. August 1917 all rights and trademarks of foreign companies fell in 1917 to the German Reich. Oktober 1918 – August 1919 production of joint Meccano – Märklin outfits. The quality of material for this period is different then 1912-1917 production period, softer metal strips and different black (purple) colour. Box label is changed, the Eiffel tower on this label is different compared to the Meccano box label from the 1912-1916 period and indicating production by Märklin in abteilung Meccano Göppingen. The manuals used by Märklin in this period used the 1913 aeroplane front page picture and contents list of the 1913- 1915 period and are also marked Märklin abteilung Meccano in Göppingen.