The Pen That Signed a £2 Billion Contract
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Victory in Europe Day, जिसे VE-Day के नाम से भी जाना जाता है, यह वह दिन है जो द्वितीय विश्व युद्ध में मित्र राष्ट्रों द्वारा जर्मनी के सशस्त्र बलों के बिना शर्त आत्मसमर्पण की औपचारिक स्वीकृति का उत्सव मनाता है, और यूरोप में द्वितीय विश्व युद्ध का आधिकारिक अंत था।
8 मई 2025 को इस ऐतिहासिक दिन और नाज़ी अत्याचार से यूरोप की मुक्ति के 80 वर्ष पूरे होंगे।
इस 80वीं वर्षगांठ के उपलक्ष्य में, Conway Stewart ने VE-Day 80th Anniversary Pen लॉन्च किया है, जिसकी बैरल पर Winston Churchill के प्रसिद्ध VE-Day भाषण का एक अंश उत्कीर्ण है। Whitehall London स्थित Ministry of Health की बालकनी से उत्साहित भीड़ को दिए गए उनके पूर्ण भाषण का पाठ इस प्रकार है:
"God bless you all. This is your victory! It is the victory of the cause of freedom in every land. In all our long history we have never seen a greater day than this. Everyone, man or woman, has done their best. Everyone has tried. Neither the long years, nor the dangers, nor the fierce attacks of the enemy, have in any way weakened the independent resolve of the British nation. God bless you all. My dear friends, this is your hour. This is not victory of a party or of any class. It’s a victory of the great British nation as a whole. We were the first, in this ancient island, to draw the sword against tyranny. After a while, we were left all alone against the most tremendous military power that has been seen. We were all alone for a whole year. There we stood, alone. Did anyone want to give in? [The crowd shouted “No.”] Were we down-hearted? [“No!”] The lights went out and the bombs came down. But every man, woman and child in the country had no thought of quitting the struggle. London can take it. So we came back after long months from the jaws of death, out of the mouth of hell, while all the world wondered. When shall the reputation and faith of this generation of English men and women fail? I say that in the long years to come not only will the people of this island but of the world, wherever the bird of freedom chirps in human hearts, look back to what we've done and they will say: 'Do not despair, do not yield to violence and tyranny, march straightforward and die if need be-unconquered.' Now we have emerged from one deadly struggle - a terrible foe has been cast on the ground and awaits our judgement and our mercy."
8 मई 1945 को रात 9 बजे विश्व को दिए गए King George VI के प्रसिद्ध विजय प्रसारण का एक अंश भी कैप के चारों ओर उत्कीर्ण है।
"There is great comfort in the thought that the years of darkness and danger in which the children of our country have grown up are over and, please God, for ever. We shall have failed, and the blood of our dearest will have flowed in vain, if the victory which they died to win does not lead to a lasting peace, founded on justice and established in good will. To that, then, let us turn our thoughts on this day of just triumph and proud sorrow; and then take up our work again, resolved as a people to do nothing unworthy of those who died for us and to make the world such a world as they would have desired, for their children and for ours. This is task to which now honour binds us. In the hour of danger we humbly committed our cause into the Hand of God, and He has been our Strength and Shield. Let us thank Him for His mercies, and in this hour of Victory commit ourselves and our new task to the guidance of that same strong Hand."
King का भाषण सुनने के लिए यहां क्लिक करें
एक पेन जो एक कहानी कहता है
Conway Stewart VE-Day 80th Anniversary Pen केवल एक लेखन उपकरण नहीं है—यह इतिहास का एक टुकड़ा है। 1905 से Conway Stewart की पहचान रहे उसी शान के साथ तैयार किया गया यह फाउंटेन पेन 18ct 2-टोन गोल्ड निब से सुसज्जित है। यह पेन हाई डेंसिटी ब्लैक एक्रिलिक में बना है, जिसमें स्टर्लिंग सिल्वर के रिंग्स हैं, और चौड़ा कैप बैंड इसकी गुणवत्ता तथा उद्गम प्रमाणित करने के लिए हॉलमार्क किया गया है। कैप के शीर्ष पर प्रसिद्ध लाल पॉपी है (lest we forget). यह खूबसूरत गिलोश-उत्कीर्ण और विट्रियस इनेमल पॉपी बटन स्टर्लिंग सिल्वर में बना है। लेकिन इस पेन को वास्तव में खास बनाती हैं इसकी उत्कीर्णताएं: इसकी बैरल पर Churchill के प्रतिष्ठित VE-Day भाषण के शब्द उकेरे गए हैं, जो उन्होंने उत्साहित भीड़ के सामने खड़े होकर दिए थे, जिनमें "jaws of death" और "while all the world wondered" जैसे वाक्यांश एक ऐसे राष्ट्र के दृढ़ संकल्प की गूंज देते हैं जिसने झुकने से इनकार कर दिया, वहीं कैप पर King George VI के Victory Speech का एक अंश अंकित है, जो उस ऐतिहासिक दिन को चिह्नित करने वाले शाही संबोधन का सम्मान करता है।
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