** TINS of TASTE MUSEUM ** within the NationalBreadMuseum.org

GERMANY - Gebr. Seim Lebkuchen

It's not known if tins of Lebkuchen are still produced under the Gebr. Seim name. (Gebr. is short for Gebrüder; means "brothers.") A website search states that the company (in name at least) has been owned by Lambertz (of Aachen, Germany) since 1998. The following 6-Stuck (rhymes with spook) tin was purchased here in the U. S. Amazingly it still had an import sticker on the cover. A website search says that a Martin Berg Import Co. began in 1961. Today it's listed in Warren, Michigan, as a confectionery and candy company. So figuring it's the same company, this tin would be dated either 1961 or 1962 because there's no zip code in the Michigan address. The Christmas holiday season for 1961-'62 was before the Zip Code which began in July of 1963.

Another note to keep in mind while archiving, and still discovering old Lebkuchen companies and the history of them, is that Seim had a large chest (similar in size to the Otto Schmidt (Lebkuchen-Schmidt name today), Festive Chest) with the 747/4 series number on the back rim of the cover. I have one for this Tins of Taste Museum (to photograph & add to this page someday), but there also must have been 747/1-3 chests! Maybe they'll appear one day :). Donna Kozak, Founder

Photographing a tin begins with the cover for shape & some of the size. Then beginning with the seam on the left, the tin is turned clockwise.

kaiser - emperor

The 2 photos show the discrepancy in photography! The true color on the tin is the gold color, not the tan.

Lorenzkirche - St. Lorenz Lutheran Church

The bottom has no info, but shows some age.

frauentor - woman gate

tiergartnertor - zookeeper gate

A very colorful tin, & greatly illustrated! On the cover, "Going all over the country." Center photos: there's a #7 on the back cover rim. "The imperial castle in the 17th century" refers to the walled city depicted on the front & back panels. The ends are "Beautiful Fountain" & Lorenz Church. The tin was filled with 10 round Lebkuchen. Was probably prior to the 1980s.