![]() The pics shown above are the pics from the auction - more will follow as soon as I find the time to break out the digi-cam. As soon as I get the time I will clean it and decide wether to do something about the rust (except from neutralizing it) or to leave it with the scratches time has brought to it (I am leaning heavily to the last option). The overall condition of the typewriter is good mechanically it seems to be fully operational (though I need to take a closer look and test it in order to be sure), a few of the keys has faded and there are spots of rust here and there (though not much really). I also buy typewriteres and I know that there is nothing worse than getting typewriter that is broken. It most likely dates from around the early twenties to the mid thirties (these are not always easy to date). Collectible typewriter Groma Kolibri (252306553610). Mine is produced on "Wanderer-Werke" in Chemnitz (in Saxony, Germany) - by far the most common manufacturer of this model. The continental model standard saw heavy use in conuntries on both sides of the conflict during both World wars. The continental model standard were produced by many diffrent factories, mainly in Germany - though I believe I have read about Russian models as well. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.The continental model standard started production in 1904 and was the first European made typewriter really being able to compete with the American produced typewriters dominating the European market at the time. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. ![]() This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. GFDL GNU Free Documentation License true true A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License. ![]() Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. CC BY-SA 3.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 true true
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