Germany, Imperial. A Framed Ring Crafted Out of the Remains of Manfred von Richthofen’s Fokker Triplane 425/17 Province of China (Feuerschutzpolizei dunkelblaues Schiffchen für Mannschaften)

(Feuerschutzpolizei dunkelblaues Schiffchen für Mannschaften)

the interior retaining a fully-intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label bearing a maker’s code of “A4/23”

028" on the reverse

53 mm (w) x 52 mm (h)

he was accidentally killed during a machine-gun demonstration on February 2

Germany, Imperial. A Framed Ring Crafted Out of the Remains of Manfred von Richthofen’s Fokker Triplane 425/17 Province of China (Feuerschutzpolizei dunkelblaues Schiffchen für Mannschaften)(Gedenkring angefertigt aus den berresten von Manfred von Richthofens Dreidecker). An aluminum ring with a raised propeller on the head, contained in a shadow box, constructed of black wood behind a pane of glass, with a note reading This ring is made from a piece of metal from the crashed Fokker Triplane 425 17 of Baron Manfred von Richthofen 80 victories, April 21, 1918. It was sent home by Gus Field to his sister. Gus Field was a member of No. 3