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Airship Number ZIV (LZ16)

The airships of the Zeppelin Company were cigar-shaped, with the maximum diameter being reached at one-eighth of the overall length. The diameter stays constant to about the last one-eighth of the ship’s length, where it reduces to the tail.  The ship is a “rigid airship” in that it has an aluminum, or duralumin, skeleton and a keel along the bottom, from which all of the ship’s weight was carried – crew, gondolas, ordnance, ballast, fuel, radio, etc.

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Airship NumberZIV (LZ16)
ManufacturerZeppelin Company
Military BranchArmy
Assigned Base(s)Königsberg; Gotha; Jütterbog
Beginning Service DateMarch 14, 1913
Last Service Date1916
Postal MarkingMP “KOMMANDO IV”
Dispatch TypePersonal, Feldpostcard
Value$

Notes

A distinctive card because it is a filled postcard normally found in the combat zone itself, whereas your shifts were normally stationed many kilometers behind the front lines. Bears legs; zig-zag date stamp: 11/5/15.

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