SILVER CIGARETTE CASE BELONGED to ZEPPELIN COMMANDERA WWI German parcel gilt cigarette case belonging to ...

SILVER CIGARETTE CASE BELONGED to ZEPPELIN COMMANDER
A WWI German parcel gilt cigarette case belonging to famous zeppelin commander.
The lid features the engraved commander's initial 'PS'.
Footnote: Peter Strasser (1 April 1876 - 5 August 1918) was chief commander of German Imperial Navy Zeppelins during World War I, the main force operating bombing campaigns from 1915 to 1917. He was killed when flying the war's last airship raid over Great Britain. For sample we put the photo of Peter Strasser - please see the screenshot.
CONDITION: The item is described to the best of our knowledge. Please refer to pictures and email with any questions.
SIZE: 3 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches (9.5 x 8.5 cm).
CONDITION: Good with gilt interior well preserved.
ESTIMATE PRICE: $2,500 - $3,000.
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WIKIPEDIA: Peter Strasser (1 April 1876 - 5 August 1918) was chief commander of German Imperial Navy Zeppelins during World War I, the main force operating bombing campaigns from 1915 to 1917. He was killed when flying the war's last airship raid over Great Britain. Strasser was born in Hanover, Germany, on 1 April 1876. At the age of 15, he joined the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine). After serving on board SMS Stein and SMS Moltke, he entered the Naval academy in Kiel. He quickly rose through the ranks and was promoted to Lieutenant in 1895. He served on board SMS Mars, SMS Blucher, SMS Panther, SMS Mecklenburg and SMS Westfalen from 1897 to 1902. He was an excellent gunnery officer and was placed in the German Imperial Naval Office (Reichsmarine-Amt) in charge of German shipboard and coastal artillery. In September 1913, he took command of the Naval Airship Division (Marine-Luftschiff-Abteilung). Airships were as yet an unproven technology and Korvettenkapitan Strasser became the new naval airship chief after his predecessor, Korvettenkapitan Friedrich Metzing, drowned in the crash of the very first naval airship, the L 1. Also the single remaining naval airship L 2 was soon lost in another fatal accident. Strasser completed theoretical studies on airships and gained practical experience piloting the civilian airship LZ 17 Sachsen. Another airship, LZ 13 Hansa was chartered to train naval crews while new ships were being built. At the start of the war Navy had only one airship operational, the LZ 24 (Navy designation L 3). L 3, under Strasser's personal command, was the only one to participate in the Imperial Navy manoeuvres just before the war. Strasser did not live to see the end of the war. On 5 August 1918, during a night raid against Boston, Norwich, and the Humber Estuary, Strasser's L 70 met a British reconnaissance D.H.4. Pilot Major Egbert Cadbury and Gunner Major Robert Leckie shot down the L 70 just north of Wells-next-the-Sea on the Norfolk coast. None of the 23 men aboard survived. It proved to be the last airship raid over Great Britain.