Germany
General Information:
Plates in my collection:
1940-1945
Z = Rheinland (Prussia). Rare war issue (others were issued from 1906-1945).
Post WW II
Soviet Military Mission
These plates were used in the American and British zones.
1945-1956
Country oval
SA = Saargebiet
1956-1971
Non-reflective
1971-1994
Reflective
Army
Army (NATO)
1948-1956
American Zone / W = North Wurttemburg
American Zone / AB = Amerikanisch Bayern
American Zone / AE = Amerikanische Enklave Bremen
1948-1956
A = US (American) Zone / H = Hessen
1948-1956
A = US Zone / W = North Wurttemburg
1948-1956
British Zone / BH = Hamburg
1948
B = British Zone / N = Niedersachsen
1948-1956
B = British Zone / N = Niedersachsen
1948-1956
B = British Zone / N = Niedersachsen
British Zone / BR = British Rheinland
1948-1956
US-Zone / Hessen
1948-1953
S = Soviet Zone / B = Brandenburg
12 = Stadt Brandenburg
1948-1956
MC / BR = Nordrhein Westfalen
1949-1956
Kommanditatur Berlin
1958-1981
British Forces / Private car
French Forces
French Forces / Private car
Germany
1946-1948
Thuringen Freistaat
Agricultural Vehicle
Town of Lorrach
Pre WW2
MC / With seal / OLD = Oldenburg Holstein
Motorcycle - Front - Double sided
1946-1948
mc
KB = Kommandatura Berlin
MC / Double sided
First '3' means Police
1948-1956
British Zone / BS=Schleswig-Holstein (repainted)
1996 series
Dealer
From 2005
BG = Bundesgrenze Schutz (= Border Police)
25 to 29 is used for vans.
1956-1993
DB = Deutsche Bundesbahn = German Railroad Authority
23 = Used on busses
The issuance of these plates was terminated in 1993 upon privatization of the Railroads.
BP = Bundes Post
Army / Bad Reichenhall
1946-1948
French occupied zone / Sud-Wurttemberg-Hohenzollern
1948-1956
R = Nordrhein Westfalen
1990
Temporary / Kreis Steinburg - Itzehoe
1949-1956
Passenger / F=French Zone / W=Sud Wurttemburg / 42=Sigmaringa
Passenger / F=French Zone / B=Sudbaden / 02=Freiburg Land
Dealer / Kreis Mettmann
1992
Export
1990
Transition plate from DDR to W-Germany
1905-1945
IIZ = Bavaria (Schwaben & Neuberg) Red V means War Driving Permit
Germany
1906-1945
Passenger
IIA = Munich / Bavaria
1945-1947
Pre Besatzungszone / SF = Sachsen Freistaat
1906-1945
IE = Brandenburg (Prussia)
Passenger / US-size
2004
Seasonal MC
07 in serial = Oldtimer Car
1948-1956
B=Bavaria
Germany
1948-1956
N = Hannover Stadt / Niedersachsen
BW=Bundeswasserstrassen (Maritime Authority) / 4=Western Region - Muster
From 1994
D = Local (city) official
"Behoerdenschild" = Government / US-size
1980s
04 = Temporary Dealer
Dealer / 06 = Regular dealer
Oldtimer vehicle
07 = Oldtimer
1956-1994
Road tax free vehicles ( Also used by agricultural tractors, but then in a smaller format )
Agricultural Vehicle
Agricultural vehicle
Consular Corps / Berlin
Semi-diplomatic / BN = Bonn
From 1997
"H" at the end = Historic vehicle
H = Historisches Fahrzeug = Oldtimer Car
Seasonal plate / 04 - 11 indicate the months of validity
mc / Autobahn Polizei (Highway Police)
Autobahn Polizei (Highway Police)
Small size
First 3 = City Police
1976 / Sticker 1980
US Reserve / Frontside of Soviet Mission plate
Handpainted on the backside of the USA georgia plate / Reads: Soviet Military Mission Usarear / Number 99 seems high / Use of this plate unknown (or fake).
Be careful !!
No license plate, only made for use on private parking place
Be careful !!
No license plate, only made for use on private parking place
CJ = Car used by the Chrysler-Jeep Headquarters when still in Berlin (B)
Baden-Wurttemberg
Baden-Wurttemberg
From 1994
Baden-Wurttemberg
HD = Heidelberg
Bayern
Bayern
From 1994
Bayern
N = Nurnburg
Berlin
Berlin
From 1994
Berlin
B = Berlin
Brandenburg
Brandenburg
From 1994
Brandenburg
PM = Potsdam-Mittelmark
Freie Hansestadt Bremen
Freie Hansestadt Bremen
From 1994
Freie Hansestadt Bremen
HB = Bremen / Bremerhavn
Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg
Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg
From 1994
Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg
HH = Hansestadt Hamburg
Hessen
Hessen
From 1994
Hessen
F = Frankfurt am Main
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
From 1994
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
HGW = Hansestadt Greifswald
Niedersachsen
Niedersachsen
From 1994
Niedersachsen
H = Hannover
Nordrhein-Westfalen
Nordrhein-Westfalen
From 1994
Nordrhein-Wesrfalen
BOR = Borken
Rheinland-Pfalz
Rheinland-Pfalz
From 1994
Rheinland-Pfalz
DUW = Bad durkheim Weinstrasse
Saarland
Saarland
From 1994
Saarland
HOM = Homburg
Sachsen
Sachsen
From 1994
Sachsen
L = Leipzig
Sachsen-Anhalt
Sachsen-Anhalt
From 1994
Sachsen-Anhalt
SDL = Stendal
Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein
From 1994
Schleswig-Holstein
RD = Rendsburg
Thuringen
Thuringen
From 1994
Thuringen
EF = Erfurt