Prussia, Kingdom. A Pour Le Mérite, With Case, High-Quality Museum Example By Rothe C.1955 Archive (GEMA1179)

(GEMA1179)

officer in charge record office

mounted to a bronze coat-of-arms and wings base

measuring 25 mm (w) x 15 mm (w)

measuring 52 mm x 30 mm

Prussia, Kingdom. A Pour Le Mérite, With Case, High-Quality Museum Example By Rothe C.1955 Archive (GEMA1179)(Pour le Mrite, Museumsstck mit Etui). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with blue enameled arms, joined together through each quadrant by a detailed Prussian imperial eagle, the obverse three, six, and eight oclock arms bearing a gilded and ribbed inscription fo POUR LE MRITE, the twelve oclock arm bearing a gilded and ribbed monogram of King Friedrich II (the Great), the twelve oclock arm topped by a pebbled