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The goblet once belonged to Ferdinand Freiligrath, the German 'poet of freedom' who sought political exile in Britiain after the abortive revolution in 1848. (Source: GEN, No. 6, Vol 1, April 1971)
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Freiligrath silver goblet representing the 'spirit of freedom' presented by the West German Chancellor Willy Brandt to GMEN Ltd chair Laurence Scott (and Guardian editor Alastair Hetherington) at a dinner to celebrate the Guardian's 150th anniversary, at the Dorchester Hotel in 1971. The goblet once belonged to Ferdinand Freiligrath, the German "poet of freedom" who sought political exile in Britain after the abortive revolution in 1848.
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