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The [[The King]] was founded in Turin as ''The King Società Anonima Torino'' in [[1926]],<ref>according to Enrico De Muro research, reported on the book ''"I marchi registrati delle Stilografiche Italiane"'' based on document archived in the Turin commerce chamber, the company was founded June, 23 1926, with Giovanni Rossi as president and Enrico Lattes as statutory auditor.</ref> while the trademark ''The King Superior'' ({{Marchio|38982}}) was recorded in [[1928]]. Although for long time the hypothesis of a trade mark used only for production on commission has been credited, the discovery of the re-registration of the same trademark in the [[1946]] on behalf of [[SAFIS]] leads to the conclusion that it is a single company, apparently forced to change its name because of the the fascist regime policies of forced Italianisation of names.

The [[The King]] was founded in Turin as ''The King Società Anonima Torino'' in [[1926]],<ref>according to Enrico De Muro research, reported on the book ''"I marchi registrati delle Stilografiche Italiane"'' based on document archived in the Turin commerce chamber, the company was founded June, 23 1926, with Giovanni Rossi as president and Enrico Lattes as statutory auditor.</ref> while the trademark ''The King Superior'' ({{Marchio|38982}}) was recorded in [[1928]]. Although for long time the hypothesis of a trade mark used only for production on commission has been credited, the discovery of the re-registration of the same trademark in the [[1946]] on behalf of [[SAFIS]] leads to the conclusion that it is a single company, apparently forced to change its name because of the the fascist regime policies of forced Italianisation of names.

Further confirmation of the existence of [[The King]] as an independent company is also evident from the recently found invoice reported by side, that also allows you to determine with certainty that at least until [[1932]] the company remained active as ''"The King Società Anonima Torino"''.</noinclude>For a long time one of the assumptions made about the origins of the brand [[The King]] had been to regard it as a production commissioned by the [[OMAS]] because of the similarity of some production, and the fact that the brand is mentioned as part of the products made ​​by the commission [[OMAS]] in the text ''"Stilografiche Omas dal 1925 ad oggi"'' published by the ''"Club Internazionale della Stilogragrafica A. Simoni"''.

Further confirmation of the existence of [[The King]] as an independent company is also evident from the recently found invoice reported by side, that also allows you to determine with certainty that at least until [[1932]] the company remained active as ''"The King Società Anonima Torino"''. </noinclude>For a long time one of the assumptions made about the origins of the brand [[The King]] had been to regard it as a production commissioned by the [[OMAS]] because of the similarity of some production, and the fact that the brand is mentioned as part of the products made ​​by the commission [[OMAS]] in a text published by the "Club Internazionale della Stilogragrafica A. Simoni".

[[File:TheKing-Safety-Overlay-Spirals-Capped.jpg|thumb|A ''The King'' [[safety]]]]

[[File:TheKing-Safety-Overlay-Spirals-Capped.jpg|thumb|A ''The King'' [[safety]]]]