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Medal commemorating the loss of the airship 'L19', 1916
Medal commemorating the loss of the airship 'L19', 1916. Obverse: Men on one end of an airship, partly submerged, shaking their fists at a trawler steaming away in the distance. Above: 'L.19', the setting sun behind. Reverse: Beneath heavenly eye, inscription, 'FLVCH . DEN . BRITEN ZVR . SEE . FLVCH . EVREM SCHLECHTEN . GEWISSEN HILFESVCHENDE . SCHIFF BRVECHIGE . HABEN . VNTER . GEHEN MVESSEN.' (Curses on the British at sea, curses on your bad conscience. Shipwrecked men seeking help, must go down.) Below: A pair of scales; between them: '2 . 2 . 1916.'
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC2390 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Goetz, Karl |
| Places: | Germany |
| Events: | World War I: Loss of Zeppelin LZ 54, 1916; World War I, 1914-1918 |
| Date made: | 1916 |
| People: | Goetz, Karl |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 58 mm |