• Title
  Portion of framework of Zeppelin brought down in Essex by the aircraft defences Sept. 23/24, 1916 sold for the benefit of the L. & N. W. R War Seal Fund
• Call number
  R 769
  
• Level of description
  series
• Date
  
  24 September 1916-
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Objects
• Reference code
  69993
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Objects - on mount 22.5 x 32 cm. - 1 portion of metal
  
• Scope and Content
  Card with piece of metal attached is surmounted by a gallery of coloured flags of the Allied nations
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  A bibliography of servicemen's and women's diaries of World War I is held in the Mitchell Library Original Materials Reading Room at PXn 878
  State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I realia
  Digital order no:Album ID : 1030957
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  "Zeppelin was brought down by Airman Leathe [i.e. William Leefe] Robinson [VC] at Cuffley. The metal is stated to be as mixture of wolfram, tin, aluminium & zinc." lower edge
• Attributions / conjectures
  
  William Leefe Robinson shot down the SL.11 on 2-3 September 1916 and the parts were sold by the Red Cross to raise money for wounded soldiers. The Zeppelins involved in the 23-24 September raid were not shot down by Robinson.
  
  Reference:
  Zeppelin in Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed June 27, 2013)
• Name
  World War (1914-1918)
  London and North Western Railway
  
• Subject
  World War, 1914-1918.
  
• Topic
  airships
  war souvenirs
  wars
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE1540228

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