Improvised German sign `Richthofenstr' (Richthofen Street) : Colonel A E Shepherd, Australian Army Medical Corps

Improvised trench or street sign made from a piece of tin. The front has been painted black with the text 'Richthofenstr.' painted in white. There is a hole in each end to secure the sign and there is a bullet or shrapnel hole near the base of the letter 'f'.

Improvised German street or trench sign collected by Colonel Arthur Edmund Shepherd while serving on the Western Front. The street is named after Manfred Albrecht von Richthofen, the famous German air ace. Unfortunately the area where 'Richthofen Strasse' was located is unknown.