Beautifully engraved certificate from the
Aeromarine Klemm Corporation issued in 1929. This historic document was printed by Broun-Green Company and has an
ornate border around it with a vignette of the Aeromarine Klemm Monoplane. This item has the signatures of the Company's President and Secretary and is over 77 years old.
Certificate Vignette
AEROMARINE KLEMM CORP.: Incorported in Delaware June 1, 1928, to acquire Aeromarine Plane & Starter Co. Manufactured the Klemm-Daimler monoplane, a light plane of German design having an engine of 20 h.p.; also a plane weighing 800 pounds and having an engine of 40 H.P. Plant located at Keyport, N. J., on 230 acres of land owned by company.
Aeromarine, Aeromarine-Klemm
1908: Aeromarine Corp, Avondale NJ. 1914: Aeromarine Plane & Motor Co (fdr: Inglis M Uppercu); 1917: Keyport NJ. 1919: Aeromarine West Indies Airways Inc, Key West FL. 1921: Became distributing agent for $4 million surplus USN aircraft and motors. 1924: Ended aircraft operations, and established Healey-Aeromarine Bus Co, Nutley NJ. 1928: Aircraft production as (Frank) Boland Aeroplane Co, Newark NJ; acquired manufacturing rights to Klemm L.25 and the name, Aeromarine-Klemm, came into use.
1929: Aeromarine reorganized as Aeromarine Klemm Corp, Keyport NJ. 1931: Receivership (assignor W L Dill), with employees reorganizing as Aeromarine Plane & Motor Co. 1935: Assets sold to Burnelli Aircraft Corp. 1936: Engine rights sold to Lenape Aircraft & Motors Inc, Matawan NJ. 1937: Design briefly revived by Keane Aircraft Co, Keyport.