102830 | GERMANY. Graf von Zeppelin and Dr. Eckener silver Medal.

102830  |  GERMANY. Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin and Hugo Eckener silver Medal. Issued 1928. Commemorating the Airship LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin (36mm, 24.92 g, 12h). By Josef Bernhart at the München mint.

 

GRAF ZEPPELIN • DR HUGO ECKENER / 1898–1928, jugate busts of Zeppelin and Eckener left // LUFTSCHIFF LZ 127 "GRAF ZEPPELIN", airship left over the ocean. Edge: PREUSS. STAATSMÜNZE • SILBER 900 FEIN.

 

Hans Kaiser 493. PCGS SP-65. Highly vibrant and prooflike, with some scattered cobalt and amber toning throughout. Please note, PCGS has attributed this in error, listing it as Kaiser 510. Though they share the same obverse types, the reverses are somewhat different. The attribution should be to Kaiser 493, as listed in this description. Here is the correct line item for the PCGS population report.

 

Zeppelin was a German general and aircraft manufacturer, who later founded the airship company Luftschiffbau Zeppelin. Following Zeppelin's death in 1917, Dr. Hugo Eckener became the head of this company and oversaw post-war fundraising to expand upon its production, even serving as commander for the LZ 127 on numerous occasions. When this airship first entered use, it was the first commercial passenger transatlantic flight service in the world, eventually making 590 flights over nearly a decade. In 1940, she was scrapped for metal for the German efforts in World War II.

 

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