GOETZ: K-591 COLONEL WERNER MÖLDERS
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K-591 COLONEL WERNER MÖLDERS, 1941, Cast AE, 95.7mm, Wt.200.8g, Edge Incuse punch, UNC. Kienast lists only cast 105mm and struck 36mm pieces.
Commemorating his death on November 22, 1941. Mölders was one of the most successful fighter pilots at the beginning of the war with 115 shot down enemies to his credit. He did not die in an air battle but the plane in which he traveled as a passenger crashed within Germany. Mölders was the first German soldier during World War II to receive the highest award for bravery, the Knight’s Cross with Golden Oak Leaves and Diamonds (Das Ritterkreuz zum Eisernen Kreuz mit Eichenlaub, Schwertern und Brillianten.)
Obverse: Uniformed Bust with Knight’s Cross front with inscription “Colonel Werner Mölders”
Reverse: Triumphant eagle. Arrow above eagle with “115” to indicate the number of enemy shot down. The Knight’s Cross hangs down over exergue. Inscription reads, “ Died undefeated on November 22, 1941.” In exergue (in continuation to the figure 115 and arrow shown above eagle)”….14 of which (victories) in Spain in the fight against Boshevism.”
Commemorating his death on November 22, 1941. Mölders was one of the most successful fighter pilots at the beginning of the war with 115 shot down enemies to his credit. He did not die in an air battle but the plane in which he traveled as a passenger crashed within Germany. Mölders was the first German soldier during World War II to receive the highest award for bravery, the Knight’s Cross with Golden Oak Leaves and Diamonds (Das Ritterkreuz zum Eisernen Kreuz mit Eichenlaub, Schwertern und Brillianten.)
Obverse: Uniformed Bust with Knight’s Cross front with inscription “Colonel Werner Mölders”
Reverse: Triumphant eagle. Arrow above eagle with “115” to indicate the number of enemy shot down. The Knight’s Cross hangs down over exergue. Inscription reads, “ Died undefeated on November 22, 1941.” In exergue (in continuation to the figure 115 and arrow shown above eagle)”….14 of which (victories) in Spain in the fight against Boshevism.”
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09/07/2006
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Mölders was definitely a true "ace of aces." It's telling that his score contained a higher percentage of Western fighters than many other German high-scorers, who ran their totals up principally in Russia. The modern German Luftwaffe has a fighter wing named after him.
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