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Very Rare German Aerospace Medal of 1915, Part of a Zeppelin Collection
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£585.00
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Description
Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin. 1838-1917. AR Aerospace medal. 17.95 gm. 33 mm. By Lauer. 1915. His bust in high relief slightly right / Two Zeppelin airships and one plane above a naval unit in the German fleet at sea; five lines of writing below?1914/15. Hallmarked on edge: SILVER 990. Prooflike Uncirculated; choice; mirror fields; some light marks and hairlines; iridescent toning. Count Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin (1838-1917) was the inventor of the eponymous airship the Zeppelin, the largest number of which were built during World War I and used extensively for reconnaissance scouting and bombing during the war. Another near identical example sold at auction, on the 12th June 2019, in the US for 800 Dollars US