German Pen ID: Flying Deer Logo "Transparent" Piston Filler

[Jeph]

Edit2: Changed Flying Deer to Pegusi

I am looking for help identifying this pen. I think the nib is not original.

This is one of my longshot buys that looked potentially interesting.
It looks like it chased hard rubber, but in reality it is plastic.
The feed also is very basic, just a center feed slot and really nothing else.
So this is clearly not a first tier pen.

The nib is steel, and is marked
*UPP (* = R or H) and the P's could be D's with little tails
FK in an irregular oval
SPEZIAL
Schüler in script ("student" in German)
Feder in script ("nib" in German [actually "feather"])

Interesting (not in a good way) the barrel is marked "M," the nib is marked "FK" that I take to mean kugel ("ball") fine, but the actual nib has what looks to be a RIGHT oblique fine (looking from the top, the right tine is shorter than the left, and both are at an angle for a smooth transition)

The writing on the barrel is "***bi <circle with 2 pegusi> Transparent"
The first letter looks to be either a "C", "G", "O" or "Q" from the shape of the left edge of the letter. The rest of the letter and the next 2 (assumed due to spacing) are completely gone, with no remaining imprint even at 10x.
The flying deer logo looks familiar, but I don't know where I have seen it before.
There are no markings on the cap.

Deer Capped.jpgDeer Posted.jpgDeer Logo.jpgDeer Parts.jpgDeer Nib.jpg

Edit: Pretend "Stars Here" says "Starts Here" in the logo picture. I am too lazy to fix it.

[krazyklod]

Could this be Pegasus rather than deer?

Yeah I'd say that looks like a Pegasus and not a deer.

[Jeph]

OK, I buy pegasus, I'll change the text

[Pelikan-Vera]

I think the inscription reads Bambi.......

[Feardorcha]

Do you have a higher resolution shot of the logo? I know I've seen this before but can't quite place it.

[Jeph]

Bambi cracked me up. I am going to call the pen that now regardless of what I find out.

I can go larger than this if this resolution is not high enough:
Logo Hi Res.jpg

[Feardorcha]

The attachment link doesn't appear to work

[Jeph]

fixed

[Jeph]

And cranked up the resolution and tried one more

Logo Max.jpg

[Feardorcha]

That logo's really bugging me. I've seen it recently as well.

[Feardorcha]

I think it might be a Melbi Transparent

Melbi.JPG

[Jeph]

That has to be right, that looks exactly the same. Thanks Feardorcha!

[Jeph]

Update: Melbi is Merz & Krell

See this link, last section "Tradition & Moderne" http://www.senatorglobal.com/de/pres...n-germany.html

Paraphrasing (becasue I can't translate):
From 90 years ago in the roaring twenties until after the second world war, Merz & Krell pens were sold under the name Melbi.
The name Melbi was created by Friedrich Merz by combining the company name and headquarters location together "Merz & Krell, Groß-Bieberau," a catchy name both at home and abroad.

[Feardorcha]

Update: Melbi is Merz & Krell

See this link, last section "Tradition & Moderne" http://www.senatorglobal.com/de/pres...n-germany.html

Paraphrasing (becasue I can't translate):
From 90 years ago in the roaring twenties until after the second world war, Merz & Krell pens were sold under the name Melbi.
The name Melbi was created by Friedrich Merz by combining the company name and headquarters location together "Merz & Krell, Groß-Bieberau," a catchy name both at home and abroad.

I was half-way there at least