1950 Royal KMG #4352040

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Brian Decker (bkdecker66)
Created: 11-16-2025 at 11:17AM
Last Edit: 02-14-2026 at 11:32AM

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2026-02-14 Update: Added photos to show the foundry marks on the type slugs for the Elite ("T/S E") typeface. Also added a red/black typing sample for the first time. Added some detail photos of the deals on the back, and for the touch control setting, which are in somewhat better shape than on my KMM (linked gallery).

2025-11-16 Original Gallery Creation: This Royal KMG was a U. S. Navy asset at one time, and still bears the brass asset tag plate. It has Elite typeface. I acquired it on eBay on April 6, 2007. The bid price was $19.99 and, with shipping, the total cost to me was $46.74. I had the platen and feed-rollers re-surfaced by Ames Supply Co. in December of 2007. I purchased a new set of factory-correct feet from Tony Casillo's business, TTS Business Products, in February of 2025, about a month before he closed the business. I had a general cleaning and lubrication service performed by New England Typewriter, Merrimack, NH, in July of 2025.

Typeface Specimen:

Links:

• Link to my Royal KMM gallery.

Photos:

Left side with Navy tag.

Right side.

Back Side.

Detail of Serial Number.

Detail of USN Asset Tag.

Page of type (cropped in). Elite typeface.

Right quadrant.

Left quadrant.

Badge.

Low-angle front view.

Front view with paper inserted.

Touch control detail.

Back Royal typewriter decal detail.

Back Royal name decal detail.

Type slugs detail, left set, showing "T|S E" foundry marks.

Type slugs, middle set, showing "T|S E" foundry marks.

Type slugs, right set, showing "T|S E" foundry marks.

Underside, showing TTS feet from Tony Casillo purchased in February 2025.

Hunter: Brian Decker (bkdecker66)

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My interest in typewriters started in 1997, when I was in graduate school at the University of Georgia. I purchased and read Darryl Rehr's book, joined ETC, and started reaching out to known collectors. I had several email interchanges with Richard Polt dating from that period. I also bought some of my first machines from Bob Aubert, and visited him at his home twice. After marriage and relocation to New England, I continued visiting antique shops and eBay, until other priorities put my typewriter hobby on hiatus around 2008. I still have my collection of around 57 machines, and now I have a renewed interest in getting some of them in good working and cosmetic order.