In 1925 Ralling and the Academic Section of Vienna began working together to design the "Academiker Pikel." This was available in 1926. After WWII, Ralling marketed these with "Meister" added to the name.

This axe has two faint stamps. One includes F RALLING FULPMES, showing that the axe was made in Fulpmes, Tyrol, Austria. The other, double stuck, says SALEWA MADE IN W GERMANY. These show that the axe was made when Austria and West Germany were united, narrowing this axe’s production to after 23 May 1949 when W. Germany formed and before the Austrian State Treaty of 15 May 1955.

↑ 262: Salewa/Felix Ralling Akademiker Pickel Meister

• Made in Austria [1949–1955].
• 860x270 mm.
• Weight: 840 g.
• Wood Shaft.
• Shaft: 34x23 mm.
• Fixed Head.
• Straight adze with a straight edge and no arch.
• Adze: 75(l)x53(w)x0(arch) mm.
• Straight alpine pick with a rounded tip and with 5 ventral teeth.
• Pick: 145(l)x18(h)x8(t) mm.
• Square spike.
• Spike: 58(l)x11(w)x11(t) mm.
• Glide ring and stop are missing.
• This Akademiker Pickel Meister has a smaller head than my Felix Ralling verion #125.
• One stamp reads "Akadem Pickel Meister F Ralling Fulpme," showing thaty it was made in the Stubai Valley, Tyrol, Austria.
• A second stamp, double struck, reads SALEWA MADE IN W Germany
• The stamps date this axe to between West Germany's formation in 1949 and Austrian independence in 1955.