I am quite sure its
Venus fett (extra bold)
Bauersche Gießerei, Frankfurt am Main
Erstguß 1927
Hausschnitt

I can only show a very bad example of
the bold extended version, and at Linotype
I could only find a digital version of
regular ones and italics. Sorry.

Here’s the Venus bold extended,
sorry for the bad quality:

http://www.bleisetzer.de/cms/front_content.php?idcat=57&idart=468

Georg
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„Ich bin ein Preuße, kennt Ihr meine Farben...“

Georg, can you tell if the counter of the R is as large as that in the posted sample? The showings of Venus that I have found do not seem to have as large a counter as this sample, but I could not see yours very well. The Venus Extra Bold showing in the Phil’s Photo book (1985) is not nearly as heavy as this sample either, but that is film type.

- Mike Yanega

Mark, do you know what country your type comes from or how old it is? I wonder if it might be a very heavy version of some American numbered Gothic typeface.

- Mike Yanega

Hey Mike,

I’m pretty sure it’s not Venus too. I do not know the origins of this letterpress cut, but here’s a photo of the original:

Thanks so much for your help! :)

Seeing this, I’m not sure it’s an actual typeface.

- Lex

Well, Lex, I agree.
First of all - what I did not think about yesterday night:
Its not a a german clichee but from England or US.
So I do not think its Venus.
And I’m not enough familiar with foreign lead fonts (from out of Germany) to say what it is. Sorry.

Georg
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Georg,

Awesome! Thanks so much for the time and help.

-Mark