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1942 Olympia Robust Serial # 413436 1942 Olympia Robust typewriter, Serial # 413436 Plante and Doole-Fisher Typewriters's 1942 Olympia Robust typewriter. 2019-07-10 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Plante and Doole-Fisher Typewriters: 1942 Olympia Robust Serial # 413436 A machine of infamy. Perhaps there is no other machine as controversial, save for others born with a rune.

This Olympia came to me from Austria, via eBay. One of these was on my grail list for years; I did not care if it had the rune, or the military case, I simply wanted an example as a simultaneous typewriter and militaria collector. Every single one has provenance, given they were military specific machines for the German Army.. and a few nefarious other splinters of the German war machine.
It is exactly what you would expect from a machine built to military specifications. It has no chrome, save for on the typebars. Everywhere else, it is black enamel or gun blue, and this I suspect was to reduce any possibility of gleam or shine that would give away the position of the user from the air. It is also painted in a matte battleship grey, which in this situation was shined in an ironic but unsurprising way: With boot polish.
Aside from their previous owners, the Robusts are very fine typewriters in their own right, with the added benefit of being a bit more oriented for less than ideal typing situations... Like when being shelled. They are exactly what they were meant to be: Reliable, portable, and of excellent quality.

I should point out that this one was modified with a replacement keytop and the rune was replaced with the corresponding ampersand. This was a post-war and very professional alteration, and the case appears to be from an early Voss; It is my theory that the case & typeslug were applied at the same time, and judging by the wear it served the previous owners well.

- Sean

1942 Olympia Robust #413436

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Plante and Doole-Fisher Typewriters (venneburgtypewriters)
Created: 07-09-2019 at 07:52PM
Last Edit: 07-10-2019 at 03:37AM

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A machine of infamy. Perhaps there is no other machine as controversial, save for others born with a rune.

This Olympia came to me from Austria, via eBay. One of these was on my grail list for years; I did not care if it had the rune, or the military case, I simply wanted an example as a simultaneous typewriter and militaria collector. Every single one has provenance, given they were military specific machines for the German Army.. and a few nefarious other splinters of the German war machine.
It is exactly what you would expect from a machine built to military specifications. It has no chrome, save for on the typebars. Everywhere else, it is black enamel or gun blue, and this I suspect was to reduce any possibility of gleam or shine that would give away the position of the user from the air. It is also painted in a matte battleship grey, which in this situation was shined in an ironic but unsurprising way: With boot polish.
Aside from their previous owners, the Robusts are very fine typewriters in their own right, with the added benefit of being a bit more oriented for less than ideal typing situations... Like when being shelled. They are exactly what they were meant to be: Reliable, portable, and of excellent quality.

I should point out that this one was modified with a replacement keytop and the rune was replaced with the corresponding ampersand. This was a post-war and very professional alteration, and the case appears to be from an early Voss; It is my theory that the case & typeslug were applied at the same time, and judging by the wear it served the previous owners well.

- Sean

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