Leutnant Hans von Freden was a German World War I flying ace credited with 20 aerial victories.
[2] Later in 1916, Freden began training as an aerial observer with FFA 48 (subsequently redubbed as FA 10 on 2 August 1916).
He began his string of aerial victories while assigned to them, when he shot down an observation balloon at Spresiano on 29 January 1918.
Sometime during his run of six victories in September, he upgraded to a Fokker D.VII, which he emblazoned with his family coat of arms.
He scored his 20th and last victory, the one that qualified him for Pour le Merite recommendation,[5] on 10 November, the day before the war ended.