Watch List notes:

GERMANY, German Empire. Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"). Cast Æ Medal (92mm, 240.61 g, 12h). By Karl Goetz. Dated 12 April 1918. RITTMEISTER · MANFRED · FRHR · V · RICHTHOFEN, bust facing slightly left, wearing cap, overcoat, and Pour le Mérite / DER · ROTE · KAMPF FLIEGER, eagle standing left, head raised; to right, winged helmet set on branch bearing coat-of-arms; in background, plinth inscribed with iron cross and 12./APRIL/1918; K -/GOETZ on base; above, 80 pierced by arrow. Kienast 288. Brown surfaces. As made.

From the PS Collection of Medals of the Great War.