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Everybody who has ever traveled on the ocean knows how impossible it is to keep the white outside coat of a big ship immaculate on the high seas. Yet Wilhelm demands that in all sorts of weather. The Hohenzollern's 'Chief mate for outside cleaning' – that is his whole title – commands a staff of fifty acrobats, who do nothing but hang on the ship's sides, painting, scrubbing and gilding.
Thanks for the link wt1...just the information I was looking for to turn a two dimensional "Hohenzollern" stamp into three dimensional historical reality.
Posted 07/05/2013 8:44 pm
