103103 | GERMANY. Graf von Zeppelin silver Medal.

103103  |  GERMANY. Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin silver Medal. Issued 1929. Commemorating the world tour of the LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin (50mm, 12h). By Mayer & Wilhelm in Stuttgart.

 

Z. ER. A. D. WELTFAHRT D. L. Z. 127 / 33737 Km. 287 Std. 36' / AUG.1929, capped bust right within inset hexagon // 15. 8. / FRIEDRICHSHAFEN   19. 8. / TOKIO   26. 8. / LOS ANGELES   29. 8. / LAKEHURST, view of the Earth from above, focused upon the North Pole, with the continents of Europe, Asia, and North America highlighted, along with the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

 

Hans Kaiser 500.1; Button 252; Joos a.585; Bernd Kaiser V, 734a. PCGS SP-65. Deeply toned and exceptionally lustrous, with hues of cabernet, aquamarine, and cobalt enlivening it throughout. Exceedingly impressive, especially this well preserved, and the finest of three observed in the PCGS census.

 

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. Here, four of the stops of the airship on its world tour are highlighted, beginning at Friedrichshafen on 15 August, and then continuing to Tokyo on the 19th, Los Angeles on the 26th, and Lakehurst, New Jersey on the 29th.

 

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