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• Auction House:
  Theodore Bruce
• Sale Name:
  Timed Online Auction | The Josef Lebovic Collection | Windup Tin Toys & Vintage Games | Part I
• Sale Date:
  02 Apr 2022 ~ 2pm (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  550
• Lot Description:
  Tipp Co, Germany, Tin Plate Litho Wind Up British Airship R101, c.1930
  R101 was one of a pair of British rigid airships completed in 1929 as part of a British government programme to develop civil airships capable of service on long-distance routes within the British Empire. After trial flights and subsequent modifications to increase lifting capacity, which included lengthening the ship by 46 ft (14 m) to add another gasbag, the R101 crashed in France during its maiden overseas voyage on 5 October 1930, killing 48 of the 54 people on board. Among the passengers killed were Lord Thomson, the Air Minister who had initiated the programme, senior government officials, and almost all the dirigible's designers from the Royal Airship Works.
  44cm x 10cm x 8cm
• Notes:
  Condition: Unrestored surface rust, spring not broken but mechanism needs servicing, propeller missing from aft screw. Missing aft port engine pod.
• Estimate:
  A$400 - 600
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Toys & Models

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