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“The Red Baron”

416, Lot: 569. Estimate $200.
Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Kaiserreich. Manfred, Freiherr von Richtofen. 1888-1918. AR Medal (36mm, 19.50 g, 12h). On his Death, 21 April 1918. By Karl Goetz. Bust in uniform facing slightly left, wearing the Pour le Mérite (The Blue Max) / DER ROTE • KAMPF FLIEGER, marker adorned with Iron Cross and date, decorated with ornate helmet and shield; in foreground, eagle standing left with head back and wings folded; above, numeral 80 (number of victories) with arrow through it. Edge: BAYER. HAUPTMÜNZAMT. FEINSILBER. Kienast 288. EF, toned.


The portrait for this medal derives from his official 1917 portrait.