GERMANY, German Empire. Oswald Bölcke. AR Medal (34mm, 14.25 g, 12h). By Franz Eue and Ludwig Christian Lauer. Dated 28 October 1916. BOELCKE to left, bust right, wearing Pour le Mérite; OSWALD/BÖLCKE in two lines to right; FRZ. EUE on bust / DEUTSCHLANDS SIEG – REICHER HELD IM LUFTKAMPF (Germany's victorious hero in air combat), Germania standing right, laying wreath on corpse lying on draped beir and wearing wings; L. CHR. LAUER NUERNBERG in exergue. Edge: 990. Zetzmann 6026. Iridescent toning, proof-like fields, a few handling marks. As made.
From the PS Collection of Medals of the Great War.