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• 10th International Vocational Training Competition, Duisburg 1961. Commemorative Medal

  A medal from the 1961 competition held in Duisburg, Germany. The obverse of the medal features a map of a borderless western Europe and a section of the IVTO gear in low relief. On the reverse is engraved the German organizing committee, the dates and various locations that held the contest: Duisburg, Rheinhausen, a district in Duisburg and Bonn. Although Germany sent a team to the first wider international competition in Madrid in 1953 and was instrumental in the creation of the IVTO in 1956, the year 1961 marked the first time Germany hosted the competition.
• Shot glass 1961

  A small steel shot glass presented to Leslie Woolley at the 1961 competition in Duisburg Germany. Woolley competed for the British team as a gas welder. The glass was given to competitors by the Krupp company, an event sponsor, at a coffee reception hosted at the Villa Hügel. On the base is engraved "KRUPP" and the dates 1811-1961. The year 1811 was likely a reference to the founding date of the company and 1961 the date of the competition. The bottom of the glass features three rings, the Krupp logo, based on the seamless railway tyres patented by Alfred Krupp. Competition hosts organized trips to local attractions, factories and industrial sites. Early competitions could take many days to work out the results, so contestants could wait up to a week to find out who had won. At Duisburg the excursions included a boat trip down the Rhine river and a visit to the Krupp steel works and reception.
• Keychain fron the Virgen de la Paloma VET School

  On one side the enjoined ISVP letters stand for Institución Sindical Virgen de la Paloma where the Competition was held on many occasions.
• 9th International Vocational Training Competition, Barcelona 1960. Trophy

  Trophy won by Lluís Graus in Cabinetmaking
• Tie pin, Barcelona 1960

  A tie pin gifted to Francisco Albert Vidal. The feather motif represents the arts, the wheat agriculture, and a hammer represents industrial skills. The head of the hammer may have been broken. The accessory is clipped across the tie. They were popular at a time when men dressed in formal attire.
• 8th International Vocational Training Competition, Modena 1959. Bronze Medal

  The 1959 Competition in Modena was the first competition where medals were presented. They were designed and produced at the well reputed Loriolo Mint. The face shows an image of the Modena Cathedral and the back shows three human figures, tools, and machines. The text on the face is a Latin motto: "Vital Excollimus per Artes", meaning "We enhance life through the arts". The skill and name of the winner is also engraved on the face. The text on the back is the competition name in Italian. This is the Bronze medal awarded to Peter Walsh in Joinery
• 1958 Spanish national Competition, trophy

  Trophy for the first position at the 12th Spanish national Competition, skill of Fitting, to Andrés Martínez Jiménez-Balaguer
• 1958 Spanish national Competition, trophy

  Trophy for the first position at the 12th Spanish national Competition, skill of Cabinetmaking, to Lluís Fradera
• 6th International Vocational Training Competition, Madrid 1957. Badge

  Badge from the 6th International Competition
• 6th International Vocational Training Competition, Madrid 1957. First place trophy

  Fernando Mayer Garea's trophy from the 1957 competition where he placed first in the Silversmith skill. The young Spaniard went on to become a successful silversmith. The event's name is on the trophy and translates as the 6th International Vocational Training Competition.
• 6th International Vocational Training Competition, Madrid 1957. First place trophy

  This trophy was presented to Francisco de Matos Dias of Portugal for winning Moulding at the 1957 Competition in Madrid.
• German-made slider

  A slider made by Edgar Stengel in 1954 as a master piece to mark the completion of his apprenticeship as a tool maker in Wuppertal, Germany. The slider is a difficult piece to do well. It took a week to make. Today the same piece would take a day.
• Trophy - 1954 Spanish national Competition

  Trophy for the first position at the VIII Spanish National VET Competition, skill of Cabinetmaking, to Joan Canadell
• Edgar Stengel's tool making test piece, 1953

  A diamond-shaped tool making Test Project piece made by Edgar Stengel at the 1953 competition in Madrid. It is a component part made of metal. The whole test piece took 14 days to complete. He recalled that he would rise at 7 am and work at his bench until 9 pm. Stengel was awarded a second place trophy. The tool maker profession no longer exists, it has been succeeded by machining mechanics, industrial mechanics and mechatronics technicians. Their most important skills include programming, setting up and operating computer-controlled machines
• Souvenir key chain, 1953

  A small souvenir key chain which belonged to Edgar Stengel, a 17-year-old German tool maker’s apprentice who won a second place trophy at the 1953 competition in Madrid.
• 3rd International Vocational Training Competition, Madrid 1953. Medal

  A medal presented to Klaus Etzel, German glass work apprentice at the 1953 competition in Madrid. On the reverse is engraved ‘subcampeón internacional de vidriería art.’ Etzel was a runner up in the category. He was presented the medal by Francisco Franco at a reception in the Spanish capital.
• 3rd International Vocational Training Competition, Madrid 1953. Trophy

  This trophy was won by Edgar Stengel, member of the German team at the 1953 Madrid competition, in the Tool Making skill. It was called the International Vocational Training Competition. Given that there was scarce difference in the punctuation and performance of Mr. Stengel, the Jury requested the Organizing Committee that he and two other competitors were to be given a trophy with the "subcampeon" inscription.
• Promotional paperweight

  Paperweight featuring two purple koi fish. The inscription on the base reads "National Committee of WorldSkills Competition, the Republic of China (Taiwan)."
• Pennant, Gijon 1962

  A dark blue pennant from the 1962 competition in Gijon, a coastal city in the north of Spain which at the time had a major manufacturing centre. The event was held at the local university - Oviedo.
• 6th International Vocational Training Competition, Madrid 1957. Pennant

  An original pennant from the 1957 competition in Madrid, Spain. Divided in four quadrants the flag depicts illustrated scenes of tradesmen in historical clothing plying their trade: a bricklayer, stonemason, carpenter and blacksmith.
• 5th International Vocational Training Competition, Madrid 1956. Pennant

  A green and white pennant from the fifth international competition which was held in Madrid 6 – 25 April 1956 at the Virgen de la Paloma Vocational Training Institute. The flag features the trophy awarded to winners
• UK armband, 1958 International Competition

  UK armband which was made urgently by the British Embassy when the competitors arrived in Brussels without any official suits/uniforms
• Suit coat badge for the UK team at Glasgow 1965

  Suit coat badge for the UK team at Glasgow 1965
• 14th International Apprentices Competition, Glasgow 1965. Coat badge

  Coat badge, International Vocational Training Competition, Glasgow 1965
• Badge woven

  Badge woven coloured badge worn by Brian Fuller, UK competitor for silversmithing when he competed in Portugal (1964)