Description: ORIGINAL! RARE! GRAF ZEPPELIN CAPTAIN HANS von SCHILLER TYPED AUTOGRAPHED POSTCARD VERY RARE! GRAF ZEPPELIN CAPTAIN * HANS von SCHILLER AUTOGRAPHED TYPED POSTCARD WITH INTERESTING UNPUBLISHED PERSONAL INFORMATION. TYPED WITH HIS BOLD SIGNATURE TO AN AMERICAN ADMIRER / RESEARCHER ON THE LOWER FRONT MARGIN: 10.12.75.Dear Mr. Bud Miller,Returning your kind wishes,my whife and mysekf are sending you and your family our best wishes for an happy Chrismas and Newyear!You know, I will be next spring 85 years, but bearing an pace-maker,I am feeling much younger! My whife got two special artifical inplanted hips,but will be inhibited to walk, here in our wonderful special home for ald people we are feeling well! We are hoping to be 60 years married next Dezember!Yours truly Hans v.Schiller POSTALLY USED. CONDITION IS EXTREMELY FINE FOR ITS 48+ YEARS. DIMENSIONS: 4 1/8" x 5 3/4" COVER WEIGHT UNCOATED PAPER. (please see pictures). THIS IS NOT A COPY OR A REPRODUCTION. * Hans von Schiller (b.1891-d.1976) served in the 1st World War as a security officer and later commander of Zeppelin airships. After the war he made a career to become a world pioneer in international air travel. Captain Schiller was the longest acting Zeppelin crew member, serving in various Zeppelins for over 20 years from 1917 to 1939. He was on board ** LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin for flights to the Arctic and around the world. He captained in USA and South America. He was on the 3 test flights of the *** LZ-129 Hindenburg and was on board on the first trip for the year 1937 to Rio Frankfurt (16.-20.-3-37) and back to Frankfurt (23.-27.-3-37). Then he was given the command of the LZ-130 (Graf Zeppelin II) in the fall of 1938.** LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin was a German-built and -operated, passenger-carrying, hydrogen-filled, rigid airship which operated from 1928 to the most successful airship ever built. *** LZ 129 Hindenburg was a large German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship, the lead ship of the Hindenburg class, the longest by envelope volume. The Hindenburg disaster occurred on May 6, 1937, Lakehurst Naval Air Station, Lakehurst. The German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt at its mooring mast at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, on board were 97 people; there were 36 fatalities. PLEASE SEE MY 100% POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND BUY WITH CONFIDENCE.
Price: 295 USD
Location: New York, New York
End Time: 2024-08-28T21:10:14.000Z
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Type: Postcards
Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany
