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30 German cig. cards: German Zeppelins of the World War I Era, issued 1933
30 German cig. cards: German Zeppelins of the World War I Era, issued 1933

30 German cig. cards: German Zeppelins of the World War I Era, issued 1933

$ 0.84

Availability: 14 in stock
  • Condition: Very good condition for their age. With the exception of Nos. 19, 46, and 66 never glued. No. 19: Small crease right side. No. 24: Faint crease near right margin. No. 33: Two small impressions right side. No. 34: Small raised area at bottom. No. 46: Vertical crease upper right. No. 47: Small crease lower right. No. 49: faint horizontal crease lower half. No. 64: Diagonal crease on right. Please see photos for exact condition.
  • Modified Item: No
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany

    Description

    Offered here are 30 German cigarette cards of original photos of early civilian and military airships of the WW1 era. The cards were issued in 1933 by the Greiling Cigarette Co. of Dresden for the album
    Zeppelin Weltfahrten
    (Zeppelin Flights around the World). Pictured here are:
    No. 3:
    The LZ-1 in a floating hangar in Manzell (1900).
    No. 4:
    The first takeoff of the LZ-1 on July 2, 1900.
    No. 5:
    Testing different types of propellors.
    No. 7:
    The LZ-2 after its destruction.
    No. 19:
    The passenger cabin of the airship “Deutschland 1” in 1909.
    No. 23:
    Count Zeppelin and Dr. Eckener Take a Ride in the Pre-World War I Airship “Schwaben” (Swabia).
    No. 24:
    The End of the Airship “Schwaben” in 1912.
    No. 25:
    The passenger airship “Victoria Luise” flies over the Kiel Regatta in 1912.
    No. 26:
    The 1000
    th
    trip of the passenger airship “Victoria Luise” in 1915.
    No. 28:
    Passengers in the Airship “Hansa” (pre-WW1).
    No. 29:
    A winter landing of the airship “L-1-Ersatz” in 1912.
    No. 31:
    The passenger airship “Sachsen” (Saxony) in 1913.
    No. 33:
    Dr. Hugo Eckener was manager of the Zeppelin Airship Construction Co. before WW1 and became its director after the war. He trained most of Germany’s airship pilots during the war.
    No. 34:
    Dr. Ludwig Dürr, Early Airship Designer.
    No. 35:
    Naval Airship L-9 (1915).
    No. 36:
    The Navy Airship L-11 on a Reconnaissance Flight (1915).
    No. 37:
    The Machine Gun Platform of the Navy Airship L-12.
    No. 39:
    Count Zeppelin and Captain Macher in the L-30 in 1916.
    No. 43:
    Frigate Captain Strasser, Chief Commander of Naval Zeppelins.
    No. 46:
    Pilot Gondola of an Army Airship (1917).
    No. 47:
    Rear Engine Gondola of a Navy Airship (1917).
    No. 49:
    2-cm caliber cannon in the pilot gondola of a naval airship.
    No. 50:
    Rear machine-gun stand of an Army Zeppelin.
    No. 54:
    The Pilot’s Gondola of the Airship “Bodensee”.
    No. 55:
    The Passenger Room of the Airship “Bodensee”.
    No. 56:
    The Portside Gondola of the “Bodensee”.
    No. 58:
    The Ballast Container of the Airship “Bodensee”.
    No. 60:
    The Renovation of the “Bodensee”.
    No. 64:
    Rows of Fuel Tanks along a Walkway in the Airship LZ-126.
    No. 66:
    The central walkway of the pilot gondola of the LZ-126.
    Each card measures 2 and ¼ inches by 1 and ½ inches.
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