Early Luftschiffer Balloon unit award

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Early Luftschiffer Battalion desk presentation piece or award. Picked this up recently. Highly detailed in bronze ( each item is seperately made)on black marble base. Silver plaque reads , Luftschiffer Battalion 1902-03. Then twelve names of crew members/officers. One I have traced to WW1 duty ,was killed in 1917 in a zeppelin unit. Ferg

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Another view.

[gregM]

That is a really neat piece. I have never seen anything like
it ever posted before.

A very nice addition to your collection

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Thanks Greg, it was up for sale several years ago but I hadn't the funds to buy it then and always regretted it. Then , as these things sometimes do, it appeared again but with a much more reasonable price tag. I couldn't bear to let it go again and actually managed to knock him down even more on the price , so it is now safely with me and my hoard. Ferg

[skalphunter]

Very nice one. Congratulations !!

[DDCOOK]

Ferg,

Never seen anything like this before. Very interesting. Fascinating piece of balloon memorabilia. Thanks for posting it.

Dan

[AFF96]

That's a very cool & stunning piece Ferg, I just it!
Congrats!!! Patience is a virtue!

[Arran]

I'd love to see some larger, more detailed pics!

[pzrwest]

I'm with Arran, love to see larger pics as well

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I will try to post some more, I used to be able to post bigger pictures on the forum but now it does not seem to work,not sure what Iam doing wrong maybe someone could post them for me if I send them to your e-mail? Ferg

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Pic of silver plaque

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