Baron von Richthofen, what happens with jis awards

[VtwinVince]

Thanks. I had the chance many years ago to acquire a reproduction of Richthofen's medal bar, made from real medals, on ebay. I still kick myself for not pulling the trigger, as it was very well made.

[gmu]

Thanks. I had the chance many years ago to acquire a reproduction of Richthofen's medal bar, made from real medals, on ebay. I still kick myself for not pulling the trigger, as it was very well made.

Yes, I know. I also followed that auction. Its base price was low by todays standards. That bar was assembled by Daniel Cole, and it is shown here on this thread ( color photo on the middle) he eventually broke the bar up and sold the pieces individually.

Here is my replication ( I have to mount them) all original pieces except.

RAO ( really hard to find)
AH pilots badge
Ribbon bar

[VtwinVince]

That's the guy, and it was a super job he did, as evidenced by the photo in this thread. I've done a few modern medal bars for display purposes, and it isn't as easy as it looks.

[Hagrid]

I always wondered myself where his silver engraved aerial victory cups went. One for each confirmed kill. I remember seeing that photo of the cups also. Maybe someone will shed some light on this and his Medals.

One of the cups (No. 61) will be on the next auction of Hermann Historica
Regards
Hagrid

[Forssmann]

One of the cups (No. 61) will be on the next auction of Hermann Historica
Regards
Hagrid

Auction A79?

[frankandfrank]

His estate was overrun by the Russian army, his mother escaped with almost nothing.
I guess most was plundered and/or destroyed.
The medal displays shown above are replicas.
Pete

Agree.

[gmu]

One of the cups (No. 61) will be on the next auction of Hermann Historica
Regards
Hagrid

Cups stopped at 60!

CAVEAT EMPTOR !

[frankandfrank]

The problem is:

The selling silver cup it seems that is the same in the canadian war museum.

You see the photo here:

http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/sh...807#post736807

post No: 5

Silver cup No: 12 (Silver victory cup Courtesy of Sir Peter Jackson )

Did anybody know the silver stamp from the beaker from Hermann Historica ??

http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/at...6&d=1556818963

[Wood]

Yes, I remember in his autobiography he says that no silver could be gotten for his victory cups, so he stopped having them made.
Though I can't remember at which one.
Pete

[Gary B]

I recall at least one of MvR's victory cups being auctioned off from the Norm Flayderman collection years ago. I do not know the provenance of that cup but recall it went above $5K USD.

Gary B

[frankandfrank]

Must be in 2000 for the 46th victory ?

http://auctioncatalogs.com/product/b...-franci-16544/

[tystgaard]

Cups

His 61 victory cup, went very cheap for a very
important historical item. I can understand it might
be difficult to authenticate, but personal I like
it, and wish it was mine:-)

BR
Nicolai