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Hindenburg LZ129 Lakehurst crash duralumin structure with rare blue/green anti-corrosive coating (unique to this airship) paired in this 8.5x11-inch wall-hanging display with Ron Cole's original artwork of LZ 129 at Lakehurst N.A.S. - signed & numbered 1 of 200.
The wreckage of the Hindenburg was mostly melted for scrap. Over 150,000 pounds of frame metal went to the National Bronze and Aluminum Foundry Co. in Cleveland, Ohio, whose contract forbade the use of the metal for "ash trays, book ends or any similar articles." Thus, authentic material, especially metal, will forever remain extremely rare and difficult to find.
These duraluminum Hindenburg parts were recovered from the scene of the crash by Valentine Pasvolsky, who was the township engineer of nearby Lakewood, New Jersey. A Russian immigrant and veteran of both World Wars, he personally drove crash victims to the hospital, making several trips. His grandson, from whom these parts were acquired, remembers his grandfather retelling the story, and bringing these parts out of a box to show him. Valentine passed away in 1980. His grandson rediscovered the parts only in 2020, and provided a letter of provenance, as well as several newspaper articles about his grandfather, with this collection. All are 100% guaranteed to have been recovered from the Lakehurst crash site of the airship and originate from LZ 129.
A copy of the provenance (second image) will be included with each display.
We have endeavored to price these pieces very reasonably, in keeping with the Cole's Aircraft goal of making history like this available to most everyone. A girder section from the Hindenburg was auctioned through Bonhams for $24,000.00, and tiny fragments of this airship often sell for over $1000.00.
Duraluminum relic size: Roughly 1x1-inches.
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