Jack the Collector Posted July 10, 2020 Share #1 Posted July 10, 2020 Folks,I am Koo Koo for Airships/Dirigible/Zeppelin's.You may or may not be aware that the French actually had a fleet of airships that rivaled Germany.Here is a butter knife from one of them that was made in Germany!Unfortunately there isn't a paper trail ,I bought from another airship collector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croix de Guerre Posted June 19, 2021 Share #2 Posted June 19, 2021 Wow! That is very, very cool! I have started looking, (not collecting yet) menus and paper of the French Line of cruise ships during World War One. I am interested in American ambulance drivers, aviators and Foreign Legion volunteers and you can sometimes learn a lot about them from which ship they sailed over on. Anyway, very cool material! Did the French ever have a Trans-Atlantic service? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack the Collector Posted June 20, 2021 Author Share #3 Posted June 20, 2021 The French government had basically total control of any airships made at the turn of the century.Which they used as transports(mainly to Algeria) and military purposes.They did have an attempt at passenger services before WW1 but design flaws grounded them more than they were in the air.After WW1 they did have a regular passenger service with 2 airships built by Zeppelin.These 2 ships were the LZ120 and LZ121 (Y-Class Zeppelin). The two ships were confiscated under protest by the German government. LZ 121 was awarded to France as war reparations.To my knowledge they never attempted any trans-Atlantic flights. As a side note,I too collect menus but mine are from the German KdF(Strength through Joy) cruises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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