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HINDENBURG AIRSHIP.
Two fabric swatches from the tail fin, the larger featuring red and white paint,

5 December 2018, 14:00 EST
New York

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HINDENBURG AIRSHIP.

Two fabric swatches from the tail fin, the larger featuring red and white paint, 110 x 335 mm, the smaller featuring black paint, 130 x 165 mm (irregularly shaped), 1937.

RED AND BLACK FABRIC SWATCHES SALVAGED FROM THE TAIL FIN OF THE AIRSHIP HINDENBURG. While silver swatches appear regularly in the red, white and black pieces for the tail fin are significantly more rare. With 10 pp of spectral analysis from Spectrace Instruments matching these pieces to a known piece of silver fabric from Willy Von Meister.

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