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The label was originally introduced in Britain by the Merchandise Marks Act 1887^[1], to mark foreign produce more obviously, as British society considered foreign produce to be inferior to domestic produce, and tried to get buyers to adhere to the concept of 'buying British'^{[citation needed]}.

In 1894, the German Reichstag's commission already reported that after suffering slight losses, German manufacturers soon found the label to be of good use since they could distinguish themselves better from the British manufacturers.^{[this quote needs a citation]} This led to more and more manufacturers voluntarily applying the label, and not even World War I, in which marks were mandatory in Britain in order to boycott the Central Powers countries' products,^{[citation needed]}, could dent the growing popularity of the mark.

The term Made in Germany was soon associated with product reliability, quality and even perfection^{[citation needed]}.

My memory, it needs citations. Can't find where the narrative comes from, but I am apparently not alone in picking it up.

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