A Lot Of Four First War German Aluminum Alloy Serviette Rings Fabricated From Zeppelin Lz 85 Archive John Weller

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A Lot Of Four First War German Aluminum Alloy Serviette Rings Fabricated From Zeppelin Lz 85 Archive John WellerGermany (Imperial); Four serviette rings in aluminum alloy, purportedly fabricated from tubing of the downed Zeppelin LZ 85, each of the rings engraved "ZEPPELIN L 85 SALONIKA MAY 5th 1916", measuring approximately 50 mm (w) x 36. 5 mm (h) each, very fine. Footnote: LZ 85 and LZ 86 were P Class Army Zeppelins and were deployed to the Eastern front. LZ 85 made two successful attacks on Salonika, Greece but during a third raid, it was damaged by fire