Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 17 May 2023
A scarce Zeppelin cigar pipe
A scarce Zeppelin cigar pipe, designed for use by smokers in airships to minimise the risk of fires, the two-part airship-shaped briar body joining in the middle to enclose the cigar completely except for a pipe-type mouthpiece and an aluminium bushed air inlet, stamped '"L'ATLANTIDE" BTE S.G.D.G. FRANCE - ETRANGER A', length 142mm
(142mm long)