German Pre-WWII Hindenburg Zeppelin Model with Zeppelin-Weltfahrten 1932 Book Collection Original Items

Original and New Made Items: This is a fantastic collection of Zeppelin related material which includes:

– (1:500) – 21″ long LZ 129 Hindenburg manufactured by Pacific Desktop Airplane Models originally sold by the now out of business warplanes LZ 129 Hindenburg model. This company manufactured very high quality wood model aircraft for serious aviation model collectors and enthusiasts. This handcrafted model is painted in the same paint scheme as the original Hindenburg Zeppelin and was built from mahogany.


– Soft Cover Book Zeppelin-Weltfahrten – Vom ersten Luftschiff 1899 bis zu den Fahrten des LZ 127 “Graf Zeppelin” 1932 Paperback – January 1, 1933. Rare and well documented complete German picture album documenting the history of the Zeppelin. With frontispiece by Ferdinand von Zeppelin. Year of publication. 1932. Dimensions: 34 cm x 24 cm. The album features hundreds of bromide photo images neatly glued in. Frontispiece by Ferdinand von Zeppelin, foreword, history and construction of the zeppelin. Documentation includes post-war flights of the ‘Graf Zeppelin’, with diagrams, coloured charts and tables and a reproduction in relief of the ‘Wetflug’ medallion. Beautiful reference book on the history of the Zeppelin. With lots of background information, tables, and topographic images.

– Reproduction Zeppelin badges

 “Oh the humanity…” is the quotation most people will think of when hearing mention of the German Luftschiff Zeppelin (Airship Zeppelin), LZ 129 Hindenburg. “The Hindenburg Disaster” is one of the most well known and documented aerial disasters in history. The media coverage was massive before the disaster, and was even larger afterwards. The disaster changed the course of Aviation history, as the event shattered public confidence in the giant, passenger-carrying rigid airship and marked the abrupt end of the airship era.

The disaster occurred at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey, at 7:25pm, May 6, 1937. There have been many theories, but no definitive answer has ever been reached on what caused the Hindeburg to explode and burn. It remains a great mystery in the public conscience, even today.

Due to the publicity beforehand, many photographers were keen to snap photographs of the ship as it made its way to Lakehurst for Docking. As the view the passengers saw was one of the big bonuses of travel by airship, the course traveled over a lot of major cities, including Boston, Mass, where the photo that is the centerpiece of this small collection was taken.