Description
OMAS "LECH WALESA" FOUNTAIN PEN, 1999. Black resin barrel and ornamentation in silver and gold. Limited edition. Exemplary 1066/1989. Nib in 18kt white gold. M point. Screw cap. Piston loading. No box. If used. Measurements: 14,50 cm. length. Lech Walesa represents one of the most important personalities of the last century. His activity in the campaign for freedom and the rejection of the monopoly of power of the communist party at the head of the Solidarity trade union in Poland was of vital importance to take his country out of the communist zone of influence and to activate the process of disintegration of the Communist Party. party in Europe. Lech Walesa received the Nobel Prize in 1983 "for the non-violent struggle for free trade unions and human rights in Poland". The pen celebrates the first decade of non-communist government in Poland that began in 1989 when Walesa won the presidential election, marking the birth of the modern Republic of Poland after decades of communist rule stemming from the Yalta Agreements. Lech Walesa's signature is engraved on the resin body. This edition was presented to Lech Walesa by Pope John Paul II during his last visit. OMAS is an Italian company dedicated to the manufacture of fountain pens, based in Bologna. It was founded in 1925 by Armando Simoni, and its name stands for "Officina Meccanica Armando Simoni" (English: Armando Simoni mechanical workshop). At the beginning it was a small workshop dedicated to the repair of fountain pens that managed to evolve rapidly thanks to the creation of machines and equipment necessary to obtain the moldings and the grinding of the nib tips. After the death of "Cavaliere Simoni", in 1958 his daughter Raffaella and her husband Angelo Malaguti inherited the company. In 1983 their grandson, Gianluca Malaguti, joined the family business, where he showed his talent in the search for beauty and harmony of design, following the tradition of the Bolognese brand. OMAS was part of the Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton S.A. group, and in June 2018 it was announced that Ancora, another Italian fountain pen manufacturer, had acquired OMAS and that production would resume and OMAS would remain a separate brand, retaining its classic models and using the materials inherited from the previous company. No box. If used.
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