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Asmu 3400 Karabiners

Accession Number

119.2008.1

Object Name

Asmu 3400 Karabiners

Created

14/10/2008

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

14/10/2008

Brief Description

Asmu 3400 karabiners with snaplinks.

Materials

chrome

Dimensions

10(l) x 5(w) x 1(d) cms.

Number Of Objects

2

Inscription Description

On one side reads "ASMU 3400" On other side reads "CHROM-VANADIUM" Picture of tree on its side and the initials SC underneath.

Colour

silver

Maker

Asmu

Object Production Place

Germany

Provenance

ASMU is an abbreviated version of August Schuster of Munich, a company that was formed in 1914 to become one of the leading climbing equipment retailers in the world at the time. Products included ski-bindings, tents, clothing, crampons, ice-axes and karabiners. The ASMU brand disappeared in the late 1960's and we suspect the karabiners we have here in the collection are from that era, or a little earlier. The brand lives on, however, with its new title of Sporthaus Schuster.

Acquisition Date

14/10/2008

Condition Check Date

28/04/2009

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

28/04/2009

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