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Lot 1330: Bronze Eagle Marked to a Kriegsmarine Naval Aviation Test Site

Fine Historic Bronze Eagle Marked to the Kriegsmarine Naval Aviation Test Site at Travemuende

Auction Location: Rock Island, IL

Auction Date: May 20, 2023

Lot 1330: Bronze Eagle Marked to a Kriegsmarine Naval Aviation Test Site

Fine Historic Bronze Eagle Marked to the Kriegsmarine Naval Aviation Test Site at Travemuende

Auction Location: Rock Island, IL

Auction Date: May 20, 2023

Estimated Price: $2,500 - $4,000
Price Realized:
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Fine Historic Bronze Eagle Marked to the Kriegsmarine Naval Aviation Test Site at Travemuende

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Catalog Page: 300
Class: Other
Description:

Measuring 22 inches in total height and 25 inches in total width, the display consists of a bronze eagle, roughly 11 1/2 inches tall with a 25 inch wingspan perched on a 10 1/2 inch tall base, with a section of rough, unpolished rock serving as the eagle's perch on a 12 inch by 13 3/4 inch plinth with cut and polished sides, bearing a brass plaque marked "Marine-Seeflugzeug Erprobungsstelle/TRAVEMUNDE", flanked with an anchor on the left and a combined set of wings and propeller blades with a swastika in the center on the right. The "Eprobungsstelle" (literally "testing site", or E-Stelle for short) were part of the post-Weimar Republic German rearmament program, where the Luftwaffe would test the weapons and equipment they would later take into the field for World War II. Located on the Priwall peninsula in the Luebeck-Travemuende region, the Travemuende site was originally established during the Weimar era for seaplane development and commercial aviation, before becoming part of the Luftwaffe's operations as "E-Stelle See", where it continued it's emphasis on waterborne aviation in a military context.

Rating Definition:

Fine overall, with minor handling marks and a mixed patina on the plaque.



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