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INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIOLOGISCHE FORSCHUNG

(INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCH)
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PIZ GLORIA, SWITZERLAND
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On Her Majesty's Secret Service

"This never happened to the other fella."
---George Lazenby as James Bond

TRACY'S WEDDING RING
The wedding ring purchased by Bond for Contessa Teresa di Vicenzo (Teresa "Tracy" Draco) was designed by Charles de Temple, a London jeweler who made some of the more flamboyant and dramatic statement pieces of jewelry in Britian during the 1960's.  Temple was hired to create the wedding ring for OHMSS, and two were delivered by him for the film, identical but for being different sizes.  The rings are two-piece, two-color (white and yellow) gold bands, one fitting inside the other, with the stylized words 'ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD'.  The words are a reference to the title of the song by Louis Armstrong used in the film, We Have All The Time In The World.  Bond repeats those title words at the end of the film as he holds Tracy in his arms after she has been murdered by Irma Bunt and Ernst Stavro Blofeld.  Tracy's wedding ring was Temple's second encounter with the Bond films - the gold pinkie worn by Honor Blackmon to the premiere of Goldfinger also was designed by Temple.  The ring I have is an exquisite prop, but the prop artist has asked that pictures of the replica prop ring not be displayed on any website, and I am honoring that request.

MORLAND SPECIAL THREE-RING CIGARETTES
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In real life, Ian Fleming smoked hand made Morland Special cigarettes bearing three gold rings.  Fleming passed this attribute to Agent 007, and thus was born the James Bond Special No. 1 Exclusive Balkan Cigarette, hand made by Morland & Co., cigarette specialists.  References to the cigarettes appear in the novels.  At the beginning of On Her Majesty's Secret Service, while Bond is following Tracy along a coast road in Portugal, we see Bond light up a three ring cigarette, presumably one of his Morlands.  The props pictured above (both the cigarettes and the box) were made for a BBC special program about the life of Ian Fleming, and were purchased by me directly from the propmaker after filming concluded.

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When James Bond enters the Alpine Room at Piz Gloria to join the Angels of Death, some unusual playing cards are laid out upon the table.  See the scene from the movie, above right.  The playing cards were designed by Jean Picart le Doux, a French tapestry designer, and were printed by London printer Thomas De la Rue, being first issued in October 1957.  The occasion for the special set of playing cards was the celebration of the First International Playing Card Week being hosted at that time by the printer in London.  While the exact age of my cards is unknown, they are vintage and in very good condition.  The plastic dish holds two decks of the cards.

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After dictating his resignation from the Service to Moneypenny, Bond goes to his office to clean his personal items out of his desk.  He runs across some items from the prior films.  In addition to Honey Ryder's webbed belt with the sheath and the knife, he finds the two items pictured to the left - the underwater breather device and the garroting watch.  We also see the black attaché case in the background behind him.

I have the February 1969 issue of 'Playboy' Magazine that George Lazenby perused while opening the safe at the office of Gebrüder Gumbold, Advocate in Bern, Switzerland.  My copy is missing the centerfold, of course - James Bond took it!
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At right are interpretations of three letters involving Gebrüder Gumbold, Advocate, hired by Blofeld to help him establish his right to the use of the de Bleauchamp title.  These props are replicas of some of the items removed from Gumbold's safe by Bond.
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This book made appearances in several scenes in the film, and is clearly seen being used by James Bond, posing as Sir Hilary Bray of The College of Arms, while doing research work on the de Bleauchamp title.  Below are copies of the Bond family and the de Bleauchamp Coats of Arms.  The Bond family motto shown is 'The World Is Not Enough', while the de Bleauchamp motto is 'For Health and Home'.
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Bond Coat of Arms
de Bleauchamp Coat of Arms

A reproduction of the program distributed to attendees of the Royal World Premiere for On Her Majesty's Secret Service held on December 18, 1969 at the Odeon Leicester Square cinema.  The Royals in attendance at the Premiere were the Duke and Duchess of Kent.  Thanks to Marc Slattery for his detailed work to create this repro and for selling a copy to me.
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Universal Exports sign as seen early in the film
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A couple of versions of Tracy's red Mercury Cougar convertible as seen in the film.
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A pin commemorating the recent celebration of the 50th anniversary of the film.

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Okay, this is not a collectible, just a memento.  Visiting Piz Gloria had been one of my 'holy grails' as a Bond fan.  Many years ago, when I made my first visit, I had no idea whether I'd ever be able to return.  So I brought home the rock you see at the left - from the top of Schilthorn Mountain, at the base of Piz Gloria!
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    • Dr. No
    • From Russia With Love
    • Goldfinger
    • Thunderball
    • You Only Live Twice
    • On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    • Diamonds Are Forever
    • Live and Let Die
    • The Man With the Golden Gun
    • The Spy Who Loved Me
    • Moonraker
    • For Your Eyes Only
    • Octopussy
    • A View To A Kill
    • The Living Daylights
    • License To Kill
    • Goldeneye
    • Tomorrow Never Dies
    • The World Is Not Enough
    • Die Another Day
    • Casino Royale
    • Quantum of Solace
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    • Spectre
    • No Time To Die
    • Never Say Never Again
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