Lot 376
PIONEERING AVIATION:-
A GERMAN ART DECO CIGARETTE CASE
enamelled on the front in black to resemble the night sky and set with seven small diamonds in the formation of the Big Dipper or Plough, gilt interior engraved on one side with two short passages of musical notation and inscribed on the other side "Kohl cf. of.....? New York 8.6.1928 Jas. Fitzmaurice, Major. C.A. Lindbergh", maker's mark "LA", c.1928; 3.75" (9.5 cms) long; 4.2 oz
*On 12th - 13th April 1928 the factory-made, all metal Junkers airplane "Bremen" made the first transatlantic aircraft flight from East to West Ireland to Canada (Baldonnel to Greenly Island).
The crew were: Capt. Hermann Kohl (1888-1938), pilot Capt. James Fitzmaurice (1898-1965), co-pilot Baron Ehrenfried Gunther, Freiherr von Hunfefeld ((1892-1929), owner.
This journey was considered impossible by the experts of the day, including Charles Lindberrgh (who had made the first solo transatlantic flight from West to East (New York ot Paris) on 20-21 May 1927 in the Ryan monoplane "Spirit of St. Louis".
