Onassis OLYMPIC CHALLENGER souvenir catalogue - Lardex

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At least seven whale teeth (or pairs) are known, which are engraved with very characteristic icebergs, sun rays and bow views of whaling vessels. Several of them are inscribed in German capital lettering with a distinctively shallow, ~ - shaped “S”. I have thus resorted to the jocular substitute name “Onassis flat-S scrimshander” (page 11). There is a distant possibility that he may be Kurt Mahler (see previous page). Two decorative objects are re-united here for the first time since they were made in connection with tanker OMIROS (belonging to Onassis’ Central American Steamship Co. and managed by the Erste Deutsche Walfang Gesellschaft) rendezvousing with OLYMPIC CHALLENGER in the Ross Sea from 20 February to 16 March 1951. In common they have the use of wood and bright fin whale baleen, as well as an identical German inscription on the baleen. Their unidentified maker has thus been termed the “OMIROS baleen scribe”. He may have been Henry Lüchau (1921-1966), a Hamburg pre-war whaleman, who made that voyage on OMIROS as a cook’s mate and from whose estate one of the two known pieces came (page 13). At least two teeth engraved with tropical motifs – a bay with palms and some tiny whaling vessels in the background – are known by a scrimshander affiliated with the second OLYMPIC CHALLENGER whaling season 1951/52. The fact that one of them carries a label noting “Aruba” and “Olympic 1951/52” has led to the substitute name “Onassis Aruba scrimshander”. A polychrome tooth by the “Onassis Aruba scrimshander” of 1951/52. Compare with the piece illustrated on p. 10. From the internet. 4
Official Olympic Whaling Company promotional gifts, tableware and uniform parts Olympic Whaling Company lapel pin. Cast, bronze-like alloy and enamel. Manufacturer unknown. Barthelmess Whaling Collection Olympic Whaling Company silver ash tray. Engraved inscription on the rim: ANTARKTIS WEIHNACHTEN 1951 Silver mark BRUCKMANN (Hamburg). Barthelmess Whaling Collection 5 Olympic Whaling Company officer’s uniform button. Ormolu (fire-gilt) metal, Ø 16 & 22 mm Manufacturer’s mark “A”. Barthelmess Whaling Collection Olympic Whaling Company cuff links. A stylized harpoon flanked by the Olympic rings of the company house mark. Silver, enamel. Harpoon length 14 mm. Manufacturer unkown. Bittlinger Whaling Collection
Page 1 and 2: The Arts and Crafts of OLYMPIC CHAL
Page 3: Arts and crafts As house flag, Onas
Page 7 and 8: Black plastic matchbook cover with
Page 9 and 10: Two Olympic Whaling Company promoti
Page 11 and 12: The Onassis ‘flat-S’ scrimshand
Page 13 and 14: The OMIROS baleen scribe: Sail boat
Page 15 and 16: Walter Sievers: Model of a Bofors h
Page 17: Acknowledgements I wish to thank -

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