Prussia, Kingdom. A Pour Le Mérite, With Case, High-Quality Museum Example By Rothe C.1955 Archive mounted to a bronze coat-of-arms

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

(GEMA1179)

measuring 52 mm x 30 mm

The Order of Military Merit was instituted on August 3

and Royal London Fusilier (black and white

Prussia, Kingdom. A Pour Le Mérite, With Case, High-Quality Museum Example By Rothe C.1955 Archive mounted to a bronze coat-of-arms(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