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An oil-on-canvas painting by Gordon F. Crosby showing the first destruction of a Zeppelin airship (LZ 37) in the First World War (1914-18). The pilot who shot down the German airship on 7 June 1915, Lieutenant Warneford, was awarded the Victoria...

The Zeppelin airship LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin flying over Rio, Brazil, 1930. The Graf Zeppelin completed a circumnavigation of the globe in 1929.

A 1917 illustration by Felix Schwormstäd of a gunner and other crew members inside the gondola of a Zeppelin airship during the First World War (1914-18).

Articles which were on sale in Britain during the First World War (1914-18) to raise funds for the Red Cross. The articles are made from pieces of the metal frame of a shot down Zeppelin airship. (Imperial War Museums)

The German Zeppelin airship L43 during the First World War (1914-18). The airship could fly at an altitude of 18,000 ft or 5,500 metres. Imperial War Museums, London.

A photograph of the British airship R23 during the First World War (1914-18). The airship has a Sopwith Camel biplane attached which could be released mid-air to attack enemy Zeppelin airships at higher altitudes. (Imperial War Museums)

Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838-1917), the founder of the Zeppelin airship company in Germany. The first Zeppelin flew in 1900. Photographic postcard, 1900. German Federal Archives.

The Zeppelin airship USS Los Angeles (formerly LZ 126) flying over Manhattan, New York, circa 1924-1932. The Los Angeles was acquired by the United States Navy for experimental use. US Naval Historical Center.

Anglo-Saxon depiction of a biblical king and his council - likely inspired by the councils/witans contemporary to the artist - Old English Illustrated Hexateuch, Cotton Claudius B IV, f 59. British Library, London.

Miranda in La Carraca, commemorating the 80th anniversary of the death of Francisco de Miranda on 14 July 1816 in the prison of La Carraca, Spain, oil on canvas painting by Arturo Michelena, 1896. National Art Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela.