A Rare First War German Imperial Naval Airship Crew Photograph Archive some faded

some faded

maker marked in gold-coloured ink "LUNESCHLOSS SOLINGEN" with the company's insignia and marked "KERNSTÜCK" where the belt wraps around the reverse on the right end

"IM FELDE 1914

returned to Toronto last Sunday

Instituted in 1444 or 1445 by Gerhard VII

A Rare First War German Imperial Naval Airship Crew Photograph Archive some fadedAn original black and white, gloss finish, illustrating nine uniformed airship crew members surrounding an engine that is perched on wooden frames, eight of the crew are standing while a ninth member is in the centre and lying against the framework of the front frame, "LUFTSCHIFF" (Airship) clearly visible on three of the crew's caps, the photo staged in front of a heavily frame worked building with "VERBOTEN" (Prohibited) inscribed on the door at the