Death of Flying ace Oswald Boelcke
Features
| Location |
Germany (1871-1948)
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Commemorative medals › Personality medals |
| Year | 1916 |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 276.11 g |
| Diameter | 101.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Cast |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 419525 |
| References | Zetzmann# 6025 Georg Zetzmann; 2002. Deutsche Silbermedaillen des I. Weltkriegs: auf die militärischen Handlungen und denkwürdigen Ereignisse von 1914 bis 1919 = German Silver Medals of the First World War. Battenberg Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany. Hans Kaiser; 1998. Medaillen, Plaketten, Abzeichen der deutschen Luftfahrt: die Geprägte Chronik der Deutschen Luftfahrt = Medals, Plaques, Badges of German Aviation. Münzhandel + Verlag Beate Strothotte, Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Michael Joos; 2018. Medaillen, Plaketten, Abzeichen der Luftfahrt 1783 - 1945: Die Sammlung Joos = Medals, Plaques, and Badges of Aviation 1783–1945: The Joos Collection. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany. E. Button (publisher); 1979. Frankfurter Münzhandlung Auktions-Katalog / Volume 126: Luftfahrt - Raumfahrt. E. Button, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany. |
Obverse
Uniformed bust facing left.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
HAUPTMANN BOELCKE
F.EUE
Engraver: Friedrich (Fritz) Wilhelm Eue
Reverse
Male figure climbing steps towards a grave to which an aeroplane's propeller is laying, the male figure is holding flowers in the right hand and an eagle shield in the left.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
28.
OCTOBER
1916.
VERG. BALL BERLIN
Engraver: Friedrich (Fritz) Wilhelm Eue
Mint
Robert Ball Nachfolger (Grünthal), Berlin, GermanySee also
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