Airship & Zeppelin Artifacts & Collectibles

ARTIFACT: This is a rare 19th Airship Company D.I. variation. VINTAGE: Circa WWII. SIZE: About 1-3/16" in width by 1" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gold-plated brass with enamel details. ATTACHMENT: Single screw post with double stabilizers...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1935 pin Graf Zeppelin LZ-127 souvenir pin in nickel-plated brass. The airship "Graf Zeppelin" was named after the Germany's airship pioneer, Count (Graf) Ferdinand von Zeppelin. The ship flew passenger flights starting in 1928...

ARTIFACT: Beautiful 1930's Deutsche Zeppelin Reederie (DZR) Officer's Stick Pin in .900 silver. The pin depicts a globe with a zeppelin flying across it with a swastika below and the stick pin is topped with an eagle pointing and facing the viewer's left...

ARTIFACT: This is a wonderful 1926 New Jersey Veterans of Foreign Wars member badge from their 7th annual encampment in Lakewood, New Jersey, the future home base for the Graf Zeppelin around-the-world flight. The medal has a miniature United States Navy...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II patriotic souvenir pillowcase from South Weymouth Naval Air Station in Massachusetts. The case is white with a rose-colored fringe and shows a United States Navy blimp or airship at its center. All of the blue lettering...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1920s Duralumin bookmark commemorating the Zeppelin airship Akron" made by the Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation in Akron, Ohio. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s. SIZE: About 1-3/8" in width by 4-7/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Stamped...

ARTIFACT: This is a 2 piece grouping of a United States Navy Airship / Blimp Helmsman's Sea Bag and working Blouse / Shirt / Top from World War I. It belonged to Edmund J. Schumacher of the U.S. Naval Flying Corps, whose name is in evidence in several...

ARTIFACT: This is a numbered celluloid badge from Lakehurst Naval Air Station in Lakehurst, New Jersey showing a zeppelin. VINTAGE: Circa early 1930s. SIZE: 1-1/4" diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Celluloid with tin and paper backing...

ARTIFACT: This is a very rare USS Akron (Goodyear Zeppelin) ring laying ceremony commemorative medal from October 31, 1929 in Akron, Ohio. Built by the Goodyear-Zeppelin Company, the United States Navy USS Akron (ZRS-4) was the largest airship ever made...

ARTIFACT: Great WWII, 1943 Edition of The Story of the Airship (Non - Rigid): A Study of One of America's Lesser Known Defense Weapons inscribed by author, Hugh Allen, to US Navy Lieutenant in the year of publication. This example is in excellent...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Christmas card from United States Navy Air Station Moffett Field in California. The card is actually a post card in red, white and blue and shows a blimp at the ready. The reverse is blank, but the airman has written his...

ARTIFACT: This is a postal cover in memory of the US Navy Airship USS Macon, mailed from Moffett Field, California on February 12, 1936 to a Miss Estelle Hyer of Sequim, Washington. The postal cover has two 1-1/2 cent stamps and bears the name Dudley...