Identify these beetles

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Identify these beetles

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Identify these beetles, by there year of manufacture, and what year was the photo taken ?

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Re: Identify these beetles

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1938?
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Think Stutz may be correct?

Was it taken in Belin during 1938 when the cars were showed to foreign journalists?
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Yes, those are the VW38 prototypes in front of the Brandenburg Gate, 1938.
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