Rudolf Berthold
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Oskar Gustav Rudolf Berthold was a German flying ace of World War I. Between 1916 and 1918, he shot down 44 enemy planes—16 of them while flying one-handed.
Rudolf Berthold c. 1918. The clutched gloves conceal his paralyzed hand.
A First Class Iron Cross from 1914
Berthold fought his first aerial combats in an AEG G.II bomber such as this.
Rudolf Berthold was awarded the Blue Max on 12 October 1916.
Kapp Putsch
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The Kapp Putsch, also known as the Kapp–Lüttwitz Putsch, was an attempted coup against the German national government in Berlin on 13 March 1920. Named after its leaders Wolfgang Kapp and Walther von Lüttwitz, its goal was to undo the German Revolution of 1918–1919, overthrow the Weimar Republic, and establish an autocratic government in its place. It was supported by parts of the Reichswehr, as well as nationalist and monarchist factions.
Marinebrigade Ehrhardt entering Berlin during the Putsch
Government poster against the Kapp Putsch, 13 March 1920
Walther von Lüttwitz (centre) and Gustav Noske (right), c. 1920
Wolfgang Kapp, the leader of the Putsch