German Zeppelin 1st Class Service Dining Plate – Item 89971

Cream porcelain 1st Class lounge dinner plate. Measures 25cm in diameter. Gold leaf work to edge and marked to bottom with zeppelin in flight and words “Deutsche Zeppelin Reederei”. Manufactured by Heinrich Elfenbein Porzellan. Excellent condition for age.

Note:    The Deutsche Zeppelin-Reedere (the German Zeppelin Transport Company, or DZR) was established on March 22, 1935, to operate German passenger airships. The DZR was created at the instigation of Air Minister Hermann Göring as a way to increase Nazi control over zeppelin operations.