L33 Commemorative Plaque

Local made bronze/brass? plaque lacquered with SEPT. 24th ZEPPELIN L33 1916 painted in black on the front. Riveted a now broken section of alloy structure from the airship, which itself has one rivet and a fragment of a connected section. the airship fragment is now broken into two.

aken from the six week old Naval Zeppelin L33 (LZ76) which crashed at Little Wigborough, 24 September 1916. The British R.33 was a close copy. Fragment found in RAFM strongroom 1997; to RC&RC Cardington March 1998.