39. IIIa “Hindenburg Leica” (incl. the von Rosen Zeppelin archive)

The Leica equipment from Fritz Deeg, the steward on the Hindenburg on 6th May 1937. Three days after the crash of the Hindenberg, Deeg found the remains of his camera equipment at the crash site which included a Leica IIIa, a VIDOM viewfinder, a Nooky close-up attachment, Elmar f/4 9cm lens, two filters and lens cap. In 1970 Michael von Rosen aquired the camera direct from Fritz Deeg. The camera came with authentic, original archive material including the newspaper 'The New York American', morning edition dated May 7th, 1937 with the legend “Hindenburg Explodes at Lakehurst 35 dead”, in-flight brochure with seating plan and journey information, an unopened letter with Hindenburg emblem sent from New York to Frankfurt with Lakehurst Trans-Atlantic flight postmark dated May 11th,1936 and a similar letter on Hindenburg paper with envelope dated 1936 sent by another passenger, an in-flight brochure for the Graf Zeppelin, original press photograph of the Hindenburg crew on the airship which includes Fritz Deeg, a postcard sent from the Graf Zeppelin by Fritz Deeg and another postcard with Zeppelin postmark, two publicity photographs of the Hindenburg, five press photographs of the disaster, photographs of Mr.von Rosen and Fritz Deeg in 1971 when purchasing the camera, two blue-prints and schematic drawings of airships, three contemporary photographs of the Hindenburg in flight, taken in 1936, three framed photographs relating to the Graf Zeppelin and other material.

Sale No 19678
Year c.1936

Auction closed!
5 December 2009

Unsold

Estimate € 50000-60000

Camera Auction 16 - December 2009,

Finished

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