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№ 1334

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8 September 1998

Hammer Price:
£160

First World War, Oswald Boelcke, German air ace, large iron memorial medal by Karl Goetz, 1916, bust left, reverse German plane, eagle above, female figure holding laurel spray to right, 85mm (K 183). Extremely fine (£80-100)

With forty air victories, Boelcke was the greatest German ace after Richhofen.