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Ortovox Mountain Guide Jacket

Accession Number

1418.2017.1

Object Name

Ortovox Mountain Guide Jacket

Created

26/10/2017

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

26/10/2017

Brief Description

Ortovox jacket with front zip and four zipped pockets. Velcroed gismo pocket and Mountain guide badge

Materials

wool,metal, plastic

Dimensions

78(L) x 61(W) cms

Number Of Objects

1

Inscription Description

"ORTOVOX" on back of collar
Sheep logo on edge of collar
On label "100% PURE NEW WOOL LAMATEX ORTOVOX"
"L"
On front "ORTOVOX"
Badge with " GUIDE DE MONTAGNE GUIDA BERGFUHRER U.I.A.G.M. IVBV"

Colour

blue, grey

Maker

Ortovox

Object Production Place

Taufkirchen, Germany

Provenance

Ortovox are probably best known in the world of mountaineering for their Avalanche Tranceivers which were developed by Gerald Kampel and Jurgen Wegner in 1980 - they were the first to employ a double frequency system which was a major step forward in avalanche technology.
Based in Taufkirchen, near Munich, Germany, the company launched a clothing line called Walk Wool in 1988 which seems to have used, primarily, Merino wool; which is a little confusing since the jacket we have here in the collection has a ‘Lama Tex’ label, implying Llama wool was used. Maybe it was a ‘one off’ as it is very itchy!
The jacket once belonged to Austrian Mountain Guide, Franz Kroll, who in turn gifted it to British Mountain Guide, Alan Kimber, who kindly passed it on to us.
Dating from around 1990, it is pretty much in mint condition and may have been a promotional deal between Ortovox and the Austrian Guides. The International Mountain Guides badge is attached.

Acquisition Method

Doanted by Alan Kimber

Acquisition Date

26/10/2017

Condition Check Date

26/10/2017

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

26/10/2017

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