Günter Wagner was making "model 100 compatible" short cap top pens for the export markets. According to Green Book, the lineup were as follows (cap / sleeve (mode No.));

• black / green (100)

• black / black (100)

• red-brown / tortoiseshell (101)

• coral red / coral red (101)

• jade green / jade green (101) etc.

They were produced using basic model 100 (Fig.3) and 101. All 101 models have their short cap top variant (Fig.1, 4, 5). For other models, please refer to Pelikan-guide.com. Interestingly, T111 (Toledo) had short cap variant. I wonder who carried it in the breast pocket (Fig.6). As the cap top was shortened while the cap tube was extended, the cap itself is as long as their basic models (Graph). The cap has the same vent hole position as model 100 (Fig.1). The clip remained unchanged.

Green Book presents two possible reasons for the development of the model.

• Protecting the pen from being robbed in countries with greater risk of pickpocket.

• The need for the pens that fit the breast pocket on army uniforms.

In both cases, buttoning up the breast pocket was required when a pen was clipped. Only short cap top made it possible without the bulge of the flap. Fig. 2 shows that short cap top 101 makes less bulge in my waist pocket.

When model 100N was introduced, their short cap top variants were also made (Fig.7, 8, 9, 10). I don't know until when short cap top pen was produced. But, this pen (Fig.11) is dated 1952.