Auction Catalogue

15 December 2005

Starting at 9:30 AM

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Historical and Art Medals

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1774

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15 December 2005

Hammer Price:
£70

Amerikafahrt des Zeppelin 126 [Flight of Zeppelin 126 to the United States], 1924, a bronze medal by Mayer & Wilhelm, bust of von Zeppelin right, rev. winged Mercury supporting the rear half of the dirigible above the waves, 40mm (Kaiser –); Ost-West-Ozeanflug der Bremen [The East-West Flight of the Bremen], 1928, a silver medal by K. Goetz, conjoined busts of Baron von Hünefeld and Hermann Köhl left, rev. two putti saluting the passage of the aeroplane over the Atlantic, 36mm (K 393; Kaiser 928.5); The Launch of Zeppelin 127, 1928, a silver medal by K. Goetz, three-quarter bust of von Zeppelin right, rev. airship, armorial equestrian crests and children with balloons in foreground, 36mm (K 408) [3]. About extremely fine, but second brightly polished (£100-150)