Zeppelin relics

[Stuka f]

Or what my wife refears to as "scrap"....

;-)

It needs some restoration, but never the less I like it as it is.

These are parts of a Zeppelin that got shot down , above Ghent, by a Britsh plane, killing 29 German soldiers and crashed on the "Normaal " school of ST Amandsberg on the 17 june 1915 at 03.00 o clock of the morning.

So says the handwritten legend coming with it.

LZ.37 was intercepted in the air by R. A. J. Warneford in his Morane Parasol, he dropped six 20 pounds (9.1 kg) Hales bombs on the zeppelin which caught fire and crashed into the convent school of St. Amansdsberg. 2 nuns were killed and the entire crew of the Zeppelin also died except for one man. Flight S/L Warneford was awarded the Victoria Cross for his achievement. As a further consequence of the raid both the Army and Navy withdrew from all bases in Belgium; the vulnerability of such sites was now clear.

[The Prussian]

Very nice collection! Great!!!

Here is the short Wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeppelin_LZ37

Edited October 12, 2013 by The Prussian

[Chris Liontas]

Very awesome!!!

[Brian Wolfe]

Priceless "scrap" that is.

Very interesting artifacts, thank you for posting this piece (or pieces) of history.

Regards

Brian

[Stuka f]

There a additional info I can give;, one of the officers of the LZ was a Belgian with German roots who always lived in Ghent before the war.

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