Graf Collection

Poster, Zeppelin to South America
Poster advertising the German Zeppelin Hamburg-American Line, LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin airship service from Friedrichshafen, Germany, to Buenos Aires, Argentina. circa 1934

HMS Exeter arriving at Plymouth, Second World War, 1940
Photograph showing the arrival of the Royal Navy cruiser HMS Exeter at Plymouth Docks, February 1940

Stauffenberg
CLAUS SCHENK GRAF VON STAUFFENBERG Lieutenant colonel on the General Staff and central figure among the conspirators of the July Plot

Graf Zeppelin Takeoff
GRAF ZEPPELIN People mill around as the Airship prepares for take off

Card commemorating Graf Spee destruction, WW2
Card commemorating the destruction of the German cruiser, Admiral Graf Spee, on 13 December 1939 by HMS Exeter, Ajax and Achilles following the Battle of the River Plate. Date: 1939

Graf Zeppelin airship in flight
The German Graf Zeppelin airship in flight, viewed from directly below

The FA Cup Final 1930
Photographs from the Football Association Challenge Cup Final of 1930 between Arsenal and Huddersfield

The Graf Zeppelin flying over Friedrichshafen, Germany
The Graf Zeppelin flying over Friedrichshafen, a city on the shore of Lake Constance (Bodensee in German) in southern Germany, known for its importance in aviation history

Helmut Carl Bernhard, Graf von Moltke - German Field Marshal
Helmut Carl Bernhard Graf von Moltke (1800-1891) - German Field Marshal - Chief of Staff of the Prussian army for thirty years. Date: circa 1885

Crew quarters aboard the Graf Zeppelin LZ 127
Crew quarters aboard the Graf Zeppelin, LZ 127

The Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 landed at Hanworth Aero Park
The Graf Zeppelin, LZ 127, landed at Hanworth Aero Park from Germany, 18 August 1931. Date: 1931

Captain Hans Langsdorff of the Admiral Graf Spee
Dressed in white, Captain Hans Wilhelm Langsdorff (1894 - 1939), German captain of the Admiral Graf Spee pocket-battleship photographed in Montevideo, Uruguay

Graf, German zeppelin over London 1931
A good will visit, German zeppelin Graf flying over London, a transatlantic passenger carrier operating between 1928 to 1937, with people paying to take a flight over England. Date: August 1931

Nik Ludwig Zinzendorf
NIKOLAUS LUDWIG, graf von ZINZENDORF German religious leader of the Moravian Brethren

Graf Zeppelin - LZ 127 - at anchor. The inset portrait shows Dr

Luposta Airshow - Danzig - featuring the Graf Zeppelin - held between 23rd and 31st July, 1932

The view looking towards the stern of the Graf Zeppelin II, LZ 130, during construction at Friedrichshafen

The Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 over a Junkers Ju52 / 3m of Lufthansa
The Graf Zeppelin, LZ 127, over a Junkers Ju52/3m of Lufthansa

The Graf Zeppelin LZ 127
The Graf Zeppelin, LZ 127

Helmuth von Moltke (1800-1891). German field marshal
Helmuth von Moltke (1800-1891. German field marshal. Moltke in his cabinet in the German general staff palace. Berlin, Germany. Engraving. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1882

Maximilian Graf von Spee, German admiral, WW1
MAXIMILIAN JOHANNES MARIA HUBERT VON SPEE (GRAF) German admiral - he sank with his flagship Scharnhorst during the First World War. Date: 1861 - 1914

Graf Zeppelin over Friedrichshafen, Germany Date: 1930s

Luftschiffbau Zeppelin LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin D-LZ127, at Hanworth Aero park in Greater London circa 1931 Date: circa 1931

HMS Glorious, aircraft carrier
Royal Navy - HMS Glorious, aircraft carrier, at anchor, steaming up. HMS Glorious was the second of the three Courageous-class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War

LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin - At Mooring Mast
LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin (Deutsches Luftschiff Zeppelin #127; Registration: D-LZ 127) was a German-built and -operated, passenger-carrying, hydrogen-filled

Hanworth Air Park - 1932 - Graf Zeppelin D-LZ127
The German airship Graf Zeppelin D-LZ127 at Hanworth Air Park conducting sight-seeing flights over London. On 18 August 1931, the German airship Graf Zeppelin (D-LZ127) visited Hanworth

HMS Glorious 77
Royal Navy - HMS Glorius, aircraft carrier, at anchor in Grand Harbour Valetta

Graf Zeppelin flying over the Port of Hamburg, Germany
A stunning real photographic postcard showing the Graf Zeppelin airship flying above the Kehrwiederspitze in the port of Hamburg, Germany

Plan of the Battle of Vienna, 12 September 1683
Holy Roman Empire. Plan of the Battle of Vienna, 12 September 1683. It took place at Kahlenberg Mountain, near Vienna, ather the city had been besieged by the Ottoman Empire during two months

Graf Zeppelin Airship - porcelain teacup and saucer by Heinrich Elfenbein-Porzellen. Cup marked with LZ logo and bottom stamped, saucer bottom stamped. Date: 1928

Zeppelin airship - two cover designs
Zeppelin airship on two cover designs. Unusual USS Akron promotional two-sided advertising card, copy of the Texaco Star showing the Zeppelin airship flying over New York

Zeppelin airship, Hamburg-America Line, brochure cover, South American service. Flights from Germany to South America

Zeppelin airship, Hamburg-America Line, luggage tag
Zeppelin Airship, Hamburg-America Line, luggage tag, vibrant blue, yellow and white. Graf Zeppelin flying eastbound, while a HAPAG steamship (Class Milwaukee / St Louis) sails westbound

Count von Waldersee
Alfred Ludwig Heinrich Karl Graf von Walderse (April 1832 ??March 1904) setting out for the front from Shanghai. He was a German field marshal who became Chief of the Imperial German General Staff

Admiral Graf Von Spee 1914
Admiral Graf Von Spee (1861 1914), naval officer of the German Kaiserliche Marine, Died on the 8 December 1914, on SMS Scharnhorst, South Atlantic, off the Falkland Islands. Date: 1914

BERTHOLD
Berthold, Graf von Rhein, narrowly avoids death from the Demon of Blasphemy by uttering a timely prayer

House altar with knight in armour, German, 15th century
House altar with knight in armour holding sword and shield, Count von Pocci, Munich, 15th century

French costumes of the late 15th century. French noblewoman in fur-lined dress visited by a bourgeois man or scholar in broad shoes who kneels before her. Heraldic coat of arms at bottom

King and courtiers, battle scene, 13th century
Costumes of the 13th century. King and ladies sending knights off to battle, and king and his knights in combat with lance and shield

Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor, Cunigunde, bishop
Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor, and empress Saint Cunigunde of Luxembourg, bishop, and other courtiers. From a manuscript in Hamburg library

Rudolph von Sachsenhausen in 14th century armour
Rudolph von Sachsenhausen, Rudolf II von Praunheim, died 1370. In surcoat with coat of arms, suit of armour, holding great helm and escutcheon. From a grave effigy in Frankfurt Cathedral

Graf Zeppelin over St Pauls Cathedral, London
Graf Zeppelin airship flying over St Pauls Cathedral, London. 1931

Lady Hay Drummond-Hay
Grace Marguerite, Lady Hay Drummond-Hay (1895 - 1946), British journalist, who was the first woman to travel around the world by air (in a zeppelin). 1930

Knight in battle armor from the 14th century.. Gravestone of Johann Graf von Wertheim, died 1407

General von Moltke (the Elder), Prussian Army officer
Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke (1800-1891), German Field Marshal and Chief of Staff of the Prussian Army during the Franco-Prussian War. Date: 1870

LZ 127 GRAF ZEPPELIN
The LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin makes its test flight Date: October 1928

DR HUGO ECKENER (1868 - 1954), German Aeronaut. Builder of Graf Zeppelin

GRAF VON ZEPPELIN
GRAF FERDINAND VON ZEPPELIN Airship Pioneer Date: 1838 - 1917

Joseph Radetzky
JOSEPH WENZEL ANTON FRANS KARL RADETZKY, Graf von RADETZ Austrian general, Napoleonic Wars and later Date: 1766 - 1858

Karl Robert Nesselrode
KARL ROBERT graf von NESSELRODE - Russian diplomat at Congress of Vienna etc. whose policies did much harm, including helping to precipitate the Crimean War. Date: 1780 - 1862

The Graf Zeppelin II LZ 130
The Graf Zeppelin II, LZ 130

The Graf Zeppelin II LZ 130 over the crowd at Rebstock
The Graf Zeppelin II, LZ 130, over the crowd at Rebstock, 30 July 1939. Date: 1939

General Gunther von Kirchbach reviewing troops, Kiev
Lieutenant General Gunther Emanuel Graf von Kirchbach (1850-1925) reviewing Ukrainian troops at Kiev towards the end of the First World War

Hindenburg & Graf Frans Conrad Von Hotzendorf
The two uniformed figures are standing on a dramatic battlefield. Hotzendorf was the military strategist of the Austro-Hungarian Army who led the onslaught on Serbia in 1914. WW1 Date: circa 1914

Ewald Friedrich von Hertzberg (1725-1795). Engraving. Colore
Ewald Friedrich vonHertzberg (1725-1795). Prussian politician and statesman. Engraving in The Universal History, 1885. Colored

Matthias Gallas - 2
Graf MATTHIAS GALLAS Austrian military commander, counsellor and chamberlain to the king of Hungary and general in his armies. Date: 1584 - 1647

Heinrich Graf Zu Dohna
HEINRICH graf zu DOHNA und Wartenberg, Imperial military commander in the Thirty Years War, depicted at the Rhine where his men are crossing the river to attack the Swedes. Date: circa 1630

Charles Graf Clairfayt
FRANCOIS SEBASTIEN CHARLES JOSEPH de CROIX, comte de CLAIRFAYT, French general in the Austrian service during the Seven Years and Revolutionary Wars. Date: 1733 - 1798

Graf Zeppelin on Ground
LZ 127 GRAF ZEPPELIN Manoeuvring the greatest of the Zeppelins out of its hangar is a delicate operation Date: 1931

TRS Liemba, German ship, Lake Tanganyika, Kigoma
TRS Liemba, German passenger and cargo ferry, Lake Tanganyika, Kigoma, East Africa. Previously the Graf von Goetzen. Date: circa 1927

Admiral Graf Spee, German battleship (Deutschland-class heavy cruiser). Date: 1930s

Graf Zeppelin airship hovering above the ground
The German Graf Zeppelin airship hovering above the ground, with a crowd of people below it

Francis, Duke of Teck (1837-1900), a member of the British Royal Family, and father of Queen Mary

Franz Graf Von Thurn
FRANZ graf von THURN UND TAXIS (Ruggiano de Tassis) Italian- German entrepreneur who established communications system for the Empire, laid foundations of family fortune. Date: 16TH CENTURY

Ludwig Graf Stolberg
LUDWIG graf zu STOLBERG German nobleman Date: 1505 - 1574

August Platen-Hallermund
AUGUST graf von PLATEN- HALLERMUNDE German writer Date: 1796 - 1835

Georg Herbert Munster
GEORG HERBERT, graf von MUNSTER German diplomat, in 1881. Date: 1820 - 1902

Graf Von Moltke 1890
HELMUT CARL BERNHARD, graf von MOLTKE Prussian military commander during the Franco-Prussian war. Date: 1800 - 1891

Graf Von Moltke
HELMUT CARL BERNHARD, graf von MOLTKE Prussian military commander during the Franco-Prussian war. Date: 1800 - 1891

Graf Von Moltke 1884
HELMUT CARL BERNHARD, graf von MOLTKE Prussian military commander during the Franco-Prussian war. Date: 1800 - 1891

Anton Arco-Valley, German political activist
Anton von Padua Alfred Emil Hubert Georg Graf von Arco auf Valley (18971945), commonly known as Anton Arco-Valley, German political activist - best remembered as the assassin of Kurt Eisner

Dining room aboard the Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 colour tinted
Dining room aboard the Graf Zeppelin, LZ 127, colour tinted

Radio room aboard the Graf Zeppelin LZ 127
Radio room aboard the Graf Zeppelin, LZ 127

Friedr Wilh Von Bulow
FRIEDRICH WILHELM von BULOW Graf von Dennewitz, Prussian military commander, took part in the battle of Waterloo when the Prussians, assisted by British, defeated Napoleon. Date: 1755 - 1816

LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin over pier, Walton, Essex
At 4pm on 19 August 1931 crowds of onlookers lined the pier and promenades at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, to watch the famous Graf Zeppelin fly along the Essex coastline

General von Moltke (the Elder), Prussian Army officer
Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke (1800-1891), German Field Marshal and Chief of Staff of the Prussian Army during the Franco-Prussian War. Date: 1870

General Rudiger von der Goltz, German officer
General Gustav Adolf Joachim Rudiger, Graf von der Goltz (1865-1946), German army officer during the First World War. Seen here (left) with others in Finland, where he was transferred in March 1918

Graf Zeppelin Airship
The Graf Zeppelin over the ocean

Germany - Graf Zeppelin Airship
Germany - LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin Airship. Date: circa 1930

German scrap, Helmuth Graf von Moltke
German military scrap -- Helmuth Graf von Moltke (1800-1891). 19th century

WW1 - Turkish and Austro-Hungarian Officials in Istanbul. Date: 1917

Paul von Hatzfeldt (1831-1901). Was a German diplomat. Engra
Paul von Hatzfeldt (1831-1901). Was a German diplomat

Leo von Caprivi (1831-1899). German political and military
Leo von Caprivi (Caprivi Georg Leo Graf von Caprara of Montecuccoli) (1831-1899). German political and military. Otto von Bismarcks successor as Chancellor of Germany (1890-1894)

Graf Von Gneisenau
AUGUST WILHELM ANTON NEIDHARDT, graf von GNEISENAU German military commander Date: 1760 - 1831

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