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·I wanted to share a nice example of a 145.022-69 that came in this week from Jakarta. It appears to have been given by the Indonesian government to Muljadi, one of most successful badminton players of the 1960-1970s, for winning the Thomas Cup as a part of the Indonesian team in 1970. I am not a badminton enthusiast but per Wiki the Thomas Cup seems to be the world championships of team badminton. The engraving has the name of the cup and player in Indonesian at the top and bottom, as well as the city where it was played (Kuala Lampur) and the abbreviation for the Indonesian embassy to the left and right of the Hippocampus. While it’s not “tropical” in my book, it does have a nice hint of brown starting to come through, and though I don’t have the provenance to say if it’s truly unworn, the case condition is quite impressive, with nary a scratch.
