How Steiff all Started
The Company was Formed
The World-Famous Teddy Bear The "Button in Ear" was Born


A summary of interesting facts

Margarete Steiff was born in 1847 and died in 1909

1880 Development of the first soft-filled fabric toy animal
1892 The first Steiff catalogue was published
1893 Steiff attended its first trade fair
1902 The Teddy bear was born - Steiff invented the first plush animal
1904 The "Button in Ear" was used to protect all products
1907 Steiff sold 974,000 Teddy bears