| 267 An estate of the airship crewmember Leopold Berliner of the Airship Battalion No. 5 Military pass of the merchant and airship crew member Leopold Berliner, born 1880, with service entry date 23 August 1915 and stamp (tr.) “Substitute division of Airship Battalion No. 5”. Comes with two leave passes and a certificate as orderly. Also, the award document (glued on cardboard) for the (tr.) “Cross of Honour for Non-Combatants” (3 July 1935) and letter of congratulations on his 50th birthday (24March 1930). Furthermore, four photographs (pasted on cardboard) with uniform portrait of Leopold Berliner and airship crew Z IV as well as two modern photocopies of documents. Also included are an original piece of the finely woven outer skin of Zeppelin LZ 11 “Viktoria Luise”, dimensions unfolded ca. 48 x 59 cm, with old inscription (tr.) “Viktoria Luise crashed during landing”. Partly damaged, traces of age. Unique estate, extremely rare. When Word War I broke out, the commercial airship LZ 11 had to be handed over to the German army, where it served as a training airship. On 8 October 1915, it was destroyed while being placed in its hangar at the Liegnitz airship station. Provenance: From the family estate. 293121 II € 850 4410 Erinnerungsalbum eines Zeppelin-Luftschiffers Das stark bestoßene Album mit ca. 95 teils auch kleinformatigen Fotos (zwei fehlen), darunter viele von den Luftschiffen (u.a. LZ 72, LZ 87 und ein Schütte-Lanz-Luftschiff) am Boden, beim Start und von innen sowie den Hallen, Mannschaften und Bodencrews. 318741 II - III € 500 4410
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