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| Pelikan GENESIS OF THE OLYMPIAD LE | |||||
| To honor the most ancient and noblest Games of human history, Pelikan has created Genesis of the Olympid. This pen, of the choicest quality, has been produced in a limited edition of only 776 - the same number, that is, as the date of the first Olympiad (776 BC). | |||||
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| At all the major sanctuaries of ancient greece, the greeks included athletic contests among their ways of honoring the gods. The oldest and most important of these games were those held at the sanctuary of Olympia. After 776 BC, the year in which the first Olympics were held, their fame spread rapidly through East and West. | |||||
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| It was at Olympia that the ideal of fair competition was founded, and became the basis for the eductaion of young people. It was believed that the spirit should be cultivated in parallel with the maximum possible development of the body, and victors in the Olympic Games were expected to be outstanding in both respects. The only prize awarded to the victors at Olympia was a wreath made of olive branches, which the champions usually dedicated to the gods. | |||||
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| The body of the pen is in the color in which vases showing the athletes were painted. The bandage, in gilded sterling silver, bears an an engraved depiction of the one-stadium race, the "stadion", which was the only event down to the XIII Olympiad and remained the most prestigious, despite all the others added in later times. | |||||
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| This limited edition number 438/776 piston-filler fountain pens worldwide is fitted with an 18k gold nib and is presented in a beautiful marble case. This is a pre-owned limited edition in MINT condition with box and all papers. | |||||
We can provide this pen with the full range of M800 nibs from EF to BBB including the Oblique options. Please call if you are also interested in nib customizations or multiple nibs for this pen. | |||||
Our price: $1200.00
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