Watch List notes:

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, Medals of the Axis, Germany, Oswald Bölcke (1891-1916), Flying Ace, Silver Medal, 1916, by Fritz Eue, uniformed bust left wearing the Badge of the Pour le Mérit, rev three planes in action, one spins to earth, 33mm, edge stamped SILBER 990 (Zetzmann 4132; Jones, Dance of Death, fig 33). Mint state.
Bölcke was killed 28 October 1916, flying his sixth sortie of the day alongside Manfred von Richthofen (see lot ) and Erwin Böhme when, whilst attacking a British plane, his wing collided with Böhme. He did not survive the crash landing.

Estimate: £100-150