Zeppelin Monument for the German People
On the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of Count Zeppelin's first airship ascent
Published with the cooperation of Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH Friedrichshafen
Germania Verlag Stuttgart around 1925
Original linen binding with gold-stamped title on cover and spine and relief coat of arms on the cover.
388 pages with numerous illustrations, some full-page.
Pages have yellowed due to age and paper quality.
1. Page after endpaper: small removed glued area
Contents include:
- Introduction - by Count von Brandenstein-Zeppelin
I. The personality
- The Young Zeppelin - by Professor Dr. Ludwig Fischer
- The Founding Fathers of Zeppelin - by Werner von Zeppelin, Estate Owner and Major (ret.)
- From War Pupil to General - by Major (ret.) Franz Carl Endres
- Personal recollections of Count Zeppelin - by Major (ret.) Oskar Wilcke, Director at Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH
- Count Zeppelin and Lake Constance - by Court Councillor Heinrich Schützinger, former Mayor of Lindau
- Zeppelin's passing / Speech at the funeral service - by Court Chaplain Dr. Hoffmann
- Obituary - by Lieutenant Colonel (ret.) Baron Max von Gemmingen
II. The work
- The Zeppelin Group - by Commercial Councillor A. Colsman, Director General of Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH
- Count Zeppelin, the inventor - by Count von Soden-Fraunhofen, Director of the Gear Factory A.-G.
- Patent specification
- The Technical Development of the Zeppelin Airship - by Dipl.-Ing. WE Dörr, Director at Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH
- The Zeppelin airship in the service of the Navy - by Lieutenant Commander Hans von Schiller, airship captain at Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH
- The ZR III's flight to America and the question of airship transport - by Dr. Hugo Eckener