Zeppelin or not ?

[ksg]

Hello !

 

A friend of mine got this interesting object hanging on a wall in his cabin. He again inherited it from hes father, who built the cabin.

It must be a machine telegraph, but not like any we have seen seen on ships.

In May 1916, the Zeppelin LZ 59 (tactical number L20) crashed after a bombing raid on Britain, in Hafrsfjord, close to Sola airport outside Stavanger. This is 20 min drive from were we live.

Could this be the telegraph from this Zeppelin ? Any help to identify this will be appreciated.

 

Kjell

 

 

 

 

 

[Gordon Craig]

ksg,

 

Yes it is.  Great artifact to have.

 

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30089210 

 

http://aircraftinvestigation.info/airplanes/images/Zeppelin%20LZ76%20L%2033/image6.png

 

Also,

 

http://aircraftinvestigation.info/airplanes/Zeppelin LZ76 L 33.html

 

Regards,

 

Gordon

 

[ksg]

Thank you for the information Gordon !

 

Here is some pictures from the incident.

 

Kjell

[Graf]

On 02/04/2023 at 20:48, ksg said:

Thank you for the information Gordon !

 

Here is some pictures from the incident.

 

Kjell

Thank you for the photos

[Gordon Craig]

ksg,

 

Your welcome.  Glad that I could help.  Real airship artifacts are very hard to find.  Great pictures of the crash.

Regards,

Gordon