Thanks for posting. Although one can easily find Austrian bikes from Graz-based Steyr-Daimler-Puch, including some early Sears models, plus some from Vienna-based Capo, German bicycles seem to be pretty rare in the US. I have seen one Rickert, and my former boss had a Kalkhoff, but that last one perhaps does not count, since he bought it in his native Sweden.
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Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069