1918 THE RED BARON K. Goetz Death Medal Captain Manfred Richthofen in W/Box NICE

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1918 THE RED BARON K. Goetz Death Medal Captain Manfred Richthofen in W/Box NICE
Details: "K. GOETZ" (Karl Goetz),
Silver, maker marked BAYER, HAUPTMÜNZAMT and "FEINSILBER Fine Silver on the edge, illustrating the uniformed three-quarter facing bust of Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen (The Red Baron), surrounded by the inscription RITTMEISTER MANFRED FRHR V RICHTHOFEN, reverse illustrating a standing eagle with its head tilted toward Heaven at the left, the family crest and heraldic shield at the right, the number 80 shot through with an arrow above, grave marker inscribed 21 April 1918 in the background, engraver marked K. GOETZ Karl Goetz, 36.5 mm, dark patina on the obverse & Reverse,
Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen May 2, 1892 – April 21, 1918, also widely known as the Red Baron, was a German fighter pilot with the Imperial German Army Air Service during the First World War. He is considered the top ace of that war, being officially credited with eighty air combat victories. Rather ironically, he was killed by a single bullet fired by a soldier on the ground as his plane pursued a Royal Air Force plane at low altitude. He managed to land the plane despite severe damage to his heart and lungs. The Australian troops who arrived at the downed plane just prior to his death reported his last word as "kaputt" broken.
Karl Goetz was a German satirical medallist based in Munich who is best known for the infamous Lusitania medal which, owing to an incorrect date for the sinking (two days prior to the actual event), was seized upon by the Allies as evidence that the torpedoing of the Lusitania was a planned and calculated act.
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