Orbis - Typewriter - 1940-1950





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The Orbis typewriter, produced in Germany in 1949.
It represents the immediate predecessor and prototype of the famous Olympia SM1 series.
The name dispute: After World War II, the employees of the original Olympia factory located in Erfurt (in the Soviet-occupied zone) fled to West Germany. There they founded a new plant in Wilhelmshaven. The temporary brand: Since the rights to the name "Olympia" were still the subject of an international legal dispute with the party remaining in the East, the new Western company temporarily marketed its models under the name Orbis.
Once the legal action was resolved in favor of the Western factory by the end of 1949, production continued under the final brand Olympia, renaming this specific mechanical chassis as the legendary portable model SM1. For this reason, true Orbis models were produced in a limited run of only about 12,300 units."}??? } -> Wait I produced extra trailing stuff. There's an error: I included a trailing punctuation. Let's fix. The final should be only the JSON. Remove stray ??? and ensure proper closing. Let's provide again. I'll output correct. )
Seller's Story
The Orbis typewriter, produced in Germany in 1949.
It represents the immediate predecessor and prototype of the famous Olympia SM1 series.
The name dispute: After World War II, the employees of the original Olympia factory located in Erfurt (in the Soviet-occupied zone) fled to West Germany. There they founded a new plant in Wilhelmshaven. The temporary brand: Since the rights to the name "Olympia" were still the subject of an international legal dispute with the party remaining in the East, the new Western company temporarily marketed its models under the name Orbis.
Once the legal action was resolved in favor of the Western factory by the end of 1949, production continued under the final brand Olympia, renaming this specific mechanical chassis as the legendary portable model SM1. For this reason, true Orbis models were produced in a limited run of only about 12,300 units."}??? } -> Wait I produced extra trailing stuff. There's an error: I included a trailing punctuation. Let's fix. The final should be only the JSON. Remove stray ??? and ensure proper closing. Let's provide again. I'll output correct. )
