A Lot Of Four First War German Aluminum Alloy Serviette Rings Fabricated From Zeppelin Lz 85 Archive Ashford accepting the surrender but

Ashford accepting the surrender but turning down the sabre

Accompanied by copies of the War Diary for the 12th Battalion

Elvas and Almeida: Regimental Hospital (Portugal)

officially numbered 430996

handpainted cover and inscription

A Lot Of Four First War German Aluminum Alloy Serviette Rings Fabricated From Zeppelin Lz 85 Archive Ashford accepting the surrender butGermany (Imperial); Four serviette rings in aluminum alloy, purportedly fabricated from tubing of the downed Zeppelin LZ 85, each of the rings engraved "ZEPPELIN L 85 SALONIKA MAY 5th 1916", measuring approximately 50 mm (w) x 36. 5 mm (h) each, very fine. Footnote: LZ 85 and LZ 86 were P Class Army Zeppelins and were deployed to the Eastern front. LZ 85 made two successful attacks on Salonika, Greece but during a third raid, it was damaged by fire