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BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS British, Airship Raids on London, 1915, a cast iron medal by F. Eue for Ball of Berlin, bust of Zeppelin three-quarters right, reverse Tower Bridge with road raised, two airships above the city in background, 108mm (E 1944; BDM VII, 275; Hill, BM Guide, 112; cf. Spink 17.vii.97, 253 [Æ]; cf. Bonhams 12.ix.96, 74 [Fe]; DNW 35, Lot 423); together with an alum. ring, mounted on card inscribed in ink “Baquefaite avec un debris de Zeppelin” [2]. An impressive medal, with some surface marks, otherwise extremely fine and rare (£250-300)

Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838-1917), German soldier, aeronaut and airship designer