Catalogue information
Estimated year. Probably one of the first Dutch editions of Mensch Erger je Niet, marketed by Hausemann and Hötte. On the box the German firm "Spear Games" is mentioned in text only, from which the games were imported. Note that the title does not contain an exclamation mark. Later versions will have that exclamation mark there. Published by JW Spear & Sohne, Nürnberg, No. 991. The abbreviation "D.R.G.M." on the game board and on the inside of the lid it stands for "Deutsches Reich Gebrauchs Muster" and is a kind of patent designation. it was used from about 1920 until about the second world war. This abbreviation also indicates that this must have been one of the editions that was imported from Germany by Hausemann and Hötte from about 1923 onwards (see also the 1923 newspaper advertisement in photo 3).
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