The Red Baron

433, Lot: 638. Estimate $200. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GERMANY, Kaiserreich. Manfred von Richthofen (The Red Baron), freiherr and fighter ace. 1892-1918. AR Medal (36mm, 12h). On his death. By K. Goetz. Dated 21 April 1918. RITTMEISTER · MANFRED · FRHR · V · RICHTHOFEN, bust facing slightly left, wearing cap, overcoat, and Iron Cross / DER · ROTE · KAMPF FLIEGER, eagle standing left, head raised; to right, winged helmet set on branch bearing coat-of-arms; in background, plinth inscribed with iron cross and 12/APRIL/1918; above, 89 pierced by arrow (the incorrect number of his aerial kills). Kienast 288 var. (date and number of kills). In NGC encapsulation, 3354640-011, graded Medal MS 65.