Description: 1924 (1963) German Weimar Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin Z.R.||| Silver 25 grams Medal Details: 1924 Ferdinand Grafvon Zepplin 25 Grams Fine Silver Medal (Alber HOLL)Condition Proof, Super Nice, Rare Medal! GERMANY, Weimarer Republik. 1918-1933. AR Medal (40mm, 25.g,. The Flight of Zeppelin LZ126to America. By A. Holl. Dated 1924 (though struck 1963). FERDINANDGRAF VON ZEPPELIN, uniformed bust of Ferdinand von Zeppelin right / LZ126 in-flightleft-over Manhattan; Z.R. Ill above, 1924 below. Kaiser 459. As part ofGermany's reparations payments for the First World War, Germany was required togive its remaining military zeppelins to the victorious Allied powers. This didnot sit well with the crews of the ships who, only a week before the Treaty ofVersailles was signed, destroyed many of the airships, following the example Ships oftheir brothers-in-arms at Scapa Flow, who scuttled the German navy earlier thatyear. Germany was thus required to construct new zeppelins to replace thoselost. Among these was LZ126, destined for service in the United States Navy. The zeppelin was delivered to the US Naval Air Station in Lakehurst, New Jerseyon 12 October 1924 and was commissioned into the US Navy as ZR-3, the USS Los Angeles on 25 November. She would be the first of the Navy's brief foray into light-than-airvessels, to be followed by the Shenandoah, Macon, and Akron, and was the only vessel of her class to not succumb to disaster. Zeppelins, always particularlysusceptible to the vagaries of winds and weather, were soon overshadowed by thedevelopment of vastly more reliable airplanes of the 1930s. aiplanes of the 1930s. The Uss Los Angeles was decommissioned in 1932 and was dismantled in 1939.
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Location: Magdeburg
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Brand: HOLL
Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
Composition: Silver
Type: Medal
Fineness: 1000
Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany
Modified Item: no
