This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Object Details
Country of Origin
Germany
Type
AWARDS-Medals & Ribbons
Physical Description
Iron commemorative medal of the Zeppelin L-19 Airship Disaster; Obverse: relief of the L-19 Zeppelin in the ocean with its crew on its back, with the British fishing trawler King Stephen disappearing in the distance; Reverse: embossed text "FLUCH DEN BRITEN ZUR SEE FLUCH EUREM SCHLECHTEN GEWISSEN HILFESUCHENDE SCHIFF BRUECHIGE HABEN UNTER GEHEN MUSSEN 2.2.1916" - "Curse the British at sea, curse their guilty conscience - frail ship in search of help must have gone under [second phrase - needs check on the translation]." The reverse side also carries an eye within a triangle surrounded by beams at the top and scales at the bottom.