Vintage Red Baron plane pilot fighter war mirror

Vintage Red Baron plane mirror featuring vivid picture of the plane in bright colours with a battle scene over the mirror and bold font describing the pilot name and the dates, more historical detail about the piece further down. Mid to dark coloured frame. Comes in vintage condition with a few original signs of patina. Height: 23cm Length: 33cm Width: 2cm Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen was born into an aristocratic Prussian family in Breslau in 1892. Son of Major Albrecht Philipp Karl Julius Freiherr von Richthofen, his education was in a succession of military schools and academies. An excellent athlete and horseman he was commissioned in the First Regiment of the Uhlans Kaiser Alexander III in 1911 and after the war started in 1914 served on both the western and eastern fronts as a cavalry officer. In 1915 he transferred to the Imperial German Army Air Service (Luftstreitkräfte) and studied aerial tactics under the master German strategist, Hauptman Oswald Boelcke, flying his first combat mission after less than thirty hours of flight instruction. In spite of an indifferent start as a fighter pilot he nonetheless was invited to join Boelcke’s Jagdstaffel 2 squadr...more

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