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Description: | SILBER 890
description : MODEL
obverse design : Manfred von Richthofen, bust, full face, in greatcoat and cap. To right of head, above subject's left shoulder, an oak
branch
obverse text : "MANFRED v.RICHTHOFEN" & "1917"
reverse design : fist, clenched. In the background a partially disintegrated and burning aeroplane, roundel markings on its broken
wings
Association - person and event: in January 1917 von Richthofen was awarded the Ordre Pour Le Mérite. During April 1917
he shot down 21 enemy aircraft. He was killed in action on 21 April 1918 by which time he had been credited with 80
victories | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Manfred von Richthofen portrait / personification Western Front Air Operations & 1917 First World War DE.A Air Service | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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