GRAF VON ZEPPELIN - THIRD PERSON AUTOGRAPH LETTER 01/22/1917 - HFSID 350460
Sale Price $2,125.00
Reg. $2,500.00
GRAF FERDINAND von ZEPPELIN.
The airship pioneer writes a letter regarding the receipt for cigar-cases benefiting the
Red Cross.
Third Person ALS: "Graf Zeppelin" in German, 1p, 5½ x 8½. Friedrichshafen, 1917
January 22. Fully translated: "Graf Zeppelin recommends to the Zeppelin Airship
Construction Company to give the attorney at law, Mr. Schwab, the opportunity to
receive orders for his timely cigar-cases benefiting the Red Cross." Ferdinand, Count
von Zeppelin (1838-1917) entered the Prussian Army in 1858 and served in the Seven Weeks
War and in the Franco-Prussian War. He was an observer with the Union army during the
American Civil War. In 1891, he retired from the Prussian Army to devote himself to the
building of motor-driven airships. Zeppelin invented the first rigid airship in 1900 and in 1906,
built one that had a speed of 30 miles per hour. In 1908, he established at Friedrichshafen the
Zeppelin Foundation for the development of aerial navigation and the manufacture of airships.
Zeppelin died on March 8, 1917, seven weeks after writing this letter. Fine condition.
Framed to an overall size of 33½ x 21.
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