MAROLIN Glass Ornament Graf Zeppelin Black Hatband

Every child knows the airship with the same name. The inventor of this aircraft was first pictured in glass in 1910. During World War II Graf Zeppelin belongend unremovable to the Christmas decoration in Germany. He was usually shown with a miniature of his airship. The real iron cap on the top is used to fix the ornament on the tree. The place of origin of the glass ornaments is the area around Lauscha in Thuringia. In the beginning it was just a substitute for real fruit which a poor glass-blower could not afford. With time the diversity of glass ornaments for Christmas trees grew. Their popularity grew and they became a real bestseller.