A Brief History of the Marque
Sigurd Gesellschaft mbH Cassel was founded in 1919 and traded until the mid 1970s
The firm marketed mopeds with Sachs 50cc engines from 1954 to 1956. They also marketed motorcycles in the early 1930s, but by 1939 their 56 page catalogue makes no mention of them.
In addition to motorcycles, Sigurd also made (or marketed under their name) cameras, sewing machines, bicycles, tyres, musical instruments, homeware and gramophones.
There appears to be no relationship with the Sigurd by Haussherr of Berlin (1902-1912).
N.B. 1. A 1930s advertisement states Sigurd-Verkaufsstelle Leipzig, celebrating 30 years. It is not clear if this is the same firm as that later based in Cassel.
Sources: mop-ed.se; sigurd-fahrrad-und-moped-sammlung-kassel.de
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