Shot glass 1961

Item

Code: WSI_2586
Title: Shot glass 1961
Description: 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.
Date: 1961 See all items with this value
Class: Promotional See all items with this value
Item name: Shot glass See all items with this value
Condition: Good
Source-name: Michael Mothersaw
Source-country: UK-United Kingdom
Received date (year): 2020
Location: WorldSkills Museum - Shanghai
Event-type: Competition event
Event-range: Worldwide
Event-city: Duisburg
Event-country: DE-Germany See all items with this value
Dimensions-height (cm): 4
Dimensions-diameter (cm): 3,5
Weight (gr): 21
Units: 1
Materials: Metal
Included in: WorlSkills Museum: physical See all items with this value

Item sets: Object

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