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Medal commemorating the loss of the airship 'L19', 1916; reverse Long Caption: Medal commemorating the loss of the airship 'L19', 1916. Obverse: Men on one end of an airship, partly submerged, shaking their fists at a trawler steaming away in the distance. Above: 'L.19', the setting sun behind. Reverse: Beneath heavenly eye, inscription, 'FLVCH . DEN . BRITEN ZVR . SEE . FLVCH . EVREM SCHLECHTEN . GEWISSEN HILFESVCHENDE . SCHIFF BRVECHIGE . HABEN . VNTER . GEHEN MVESSEN.' (Curses on the British at sea, curses on your bad conscience. Shipwrecked men seeking help, must go down.) Below: A pair of scales; between them: '2 . 2 . 1916.' Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: MEC2390 Artist: Karl Goetz Date: 1916 Medium: iron Size: 58 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.