A memento mori for the German Airmen, of the First World War. A skull carved from fruitwood with a leather pilot's helmet, the nape of the helmet inscribed " Döberitz 1918", and the visor is stamped "Hans Amler Original". The Military Pilot's Insignia (20th Year) is laid on top of the helmet in a laurel wreath with a miniature Iron Cross 1914 beneath a scroll, "1914 Weltkrieg 1918" (1914 World War 1918). A framed contemporary photograph of a genuine skull with flyer's helmet and goggles with a fifty mark bill between his teeth is mounted on the front o,

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