IMG 0681-001-Bomb Damage

World War I bomb damage to the pedestal of the sphinx, Victoria Embankment. Plaque reads:
THE SCARS THAT DISFIGURE THE PEDESTAL
OF THE OBELISK, THE BASES OF THE SPINXES,
AND THE RIGHT HAND SPHINX WERE CAUSED
BY FRAGMENTS OF A BOMB DROPPED IN THE
ROADWAY CLOSE TO THIS SPOT, IN THE FIRST
RAID ON LONDON BY GERMAN AEROPLANES A
FEW MINUTES BEFORE MIDNIGHT ON TUESDAY
4TH SEPTEMBER 1917