article seem to indicate the galesburg shop had the red-baron luger for sale.
and found this date listing on line.
Some combat data of Oberleutnant Lothar Freiherr von Richthofen.
L.v.R. was a cavalry officer and transferred to the Air Force in 1915
March 6 1917 : assigned to Jasta 11
March 28 1917 : 1st victory
May 7 1917 : after 24 victories in 47 days he shot down
English flying ace Captn. Albert Ball.
May 13 1917 : badly wounded and out of action 'til Sept.24
1917.
May 14 1917 : received PlM (Blue Max).
March 18 1918 : wounded again, out of action 'til July 1918.
July 19 1918 : returned to last tour of duty with Fokker
D VII.
August 12 1918 : final victory, 40 kills.
August 13 1918 : wounded for the 3rd time while shot down over
the Somme.
L.v.R. survived the war, got married to Countess Doris von Keyserling and became a commercial pilot for Deutsche Luft Reederei.
On July 4th 1922 he crashed fatally.
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