Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen (1892 - 1918), a snuffbox of the English Major Lanoe Hawker, 1916 Made of brass and copper in the shape of an English visor cap, on the lid the sign of the Royal Flying Corps, on the cap band a commemorative engraving (transl.) "In memory of my 11th Englishman + 23. Nov. 1916 - B(aupaume) Jasta Boelcke". Folding upwards on the visor, the lid inside weight with lead. Dimensions ca. 6 x x cm. Richthofens 11th downing, and till then also his most difficult one, was the "English Boelcke", Major Lanoe Hawker, wh, Additional-Rights-Clearance-Info-Not-Available

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