I have a very soft spot in my heart for the Baby Hermes, this was the first typewriter I had of my own, at least for a while since it was borrowed and I finally had to give it back. Not only was it the smallest machine I had ever seen, it had an amazing pedigree. The machine had been lugged all through the North African Campaign by a member of the Polish Brigade fighting with the 8th Army it had survived the war and made it to Canada in the 70's. It fascinated me and I have tried to collect them ever since. Here is a picture of one of my machines, this one is very dirty and needs both a new ribbon and a new platten. I luckily have a parts machine and rather then sending the platten to JJ Short for recovering I will see if I can get by with a change out and do a cleaning at the same time - when spring finally gets here. This is my Hermes Baby.
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