M-034 Zeppelin Lot – Very Uncommon Find!
A real neat set that includes photos, a button, and two pins. There
are two small black and white photographs which measure 3.5” by 2.25” (this
a private photo), and another that measures 5.5” by 3.5” (a commercial print
photo with postcard backing and dotted address lines). The pictures are in
great condition and show the Graf Zeppelin. The larger commercial shot has red
bands with white disks and swastikas on the tailfins (address side is blank).
The button is small – perhaps for a shoulder strap of an air crew uniform (it
is a screw-on button, the base having holes for sewing to a uniform or jacket).
It is gilt finished with fine ridge lines, and the raised image of a stylized
eagle atop the globe with a swastika at the bottom. It is in fine
shape. One pin is a lightly arched, round shape, with a blue enameled coating,
and a tracery of lines forming a globe grid, with a zeppelin outline – all in
what was probably nickel/silver; this has now toned a bit dark – almost
golden. The outer inscription reads “Deutscher Zeppelin Reederei” (“German
Zeppelin Shipping Company”). The reverse has a pin, with nice tension. The pin
is only about .75” in diameter and is maker marked “Paul Kust Berlin” on
the back. The second piece is the same slightly convex, round shape, also light
blue enameled with a globe grid in nickel/silver longitude/latitude lines and a
raised relief Zeppelin in nickel/silver. The nickel has toned on this piece
also, but the Zeppelin still retains some silvery gleam. The reverse has a pair
of prongs. This is probably for a cap of some sort. This one is
just short of one inch in diameter. Very neat set of rarely seen Zeppelin items!
$950.00
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Item M-034
