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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 3169234, member: 39&quot;]Briefly checked the history behind the zeppelins in Frankfurt. The first airport in that city, also for zeppelins, opened in 1912. It was located where the Rebstockpark and Zeppelinpark are today.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the early 1930s the city planned a new bigger airport further south - plans that the nazi government later adopted and realized. FRA was the home base of the two biggest zeppelins LZ 127 (Graf Zeppelin) and LZ 129 (Hindenburg). These two are depicted on the medal. The latter exploded in Lakehurst in 1937; in 1940 the era of the (rigid) zeppelins came to an end.</p><p><br /></p><p>The medal was designed by Adolf Jäger, a Frankfurt based sculptor. Around here he is somewhat famous by the way as he also designed the first coins from this country (Federal Republic of Germany), initially issued by the central bank of the Western occupation zones, then a few months later by the Federal Republic.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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