OMAS, Marconi `100 Anni di Radio 1895-1995` limited edition fountain pen, prototype S029, circa 1

OMAS, Marconi `100 Anni di Radio 1895-1995` limited edition fountain pen, prototype S029, circa 1995, with .925 standard silver cap and barrel finely engraved with intermittent bands, with rolled gold cap band and clip, the latter designed as a stylised Morse code wireless telegraphy key, and two colour 18 carat gold nib, in a wooden presentation box with outer card packaging and paperwork, together with a folio of design drawings. The Marconi was designed to commemorate 100 years of radio and the inventions and experiments of Guglielmo Marconi. This particular example honours one of his earliest experiments, in which he succeeded in transmitting a signal 2800m to Salisbury from his ship the Elettra. A brass plaque engraved with the image of the ship is riveted to the inside cover of the presentation box.