Zeppelins were named for Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin of this country
[DOC] [TLE] Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin - Airships.net [PAR] The Graf Zeppelin, Hindenburg, U.S. Navy Airships, and other Dirigibles ... Count 
Ferdinand von Zeppelin (Ferdinand Adolf August Heinrich Graf von Zeppelin) 
was ... military terms, and saw it as contribution to his country's military strength.