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28th July 1936
LZ 127 'Graf Zeppelin'

Graf Zeppelin LZ127
Graf Zeppelin LZ127

Postcard depicting LZ127 'Graf Zeppelin' at Friedrichshafen. The red cachet reads 'Zur erinnerung an den besuch Zeppelin luftschiffwerft' (In celebration of the visit to the Zeppelin airship hangar). Imprint numbers '152 K27'. Ref: 28.01.1936


Link to the LZ 127 'Südamerika-Chicgofahrt' flight of 1933

Link to the LZ 127 'Europa-Südamerika' flights of 1935


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Zeppelin hanger at Friedrichshafen pictured c.1926. Ref: 16.07.1926 - 14/24
Zeppelin hanger at Friedrichshafen pictured c.1926. Ref: 16.07.1926 - 14/24

Note: An early reference to LZ 127, the postcard depicts a hanger and Zeppelin, however, this is not LZ 127 (possibly LZ 126?). Construction of the Graf Zeppelin had begun in 1926 with completion in 1928.



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Postcard depicting LZ 127. Ref: 19.08.1933
Postcard depicting LZ 127. Ref: 19.08.1933

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Graf Zeppelin LZ127

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