Prussia, Kingdom. A Pour le Mérite, Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1965 Hold but excluded Asians

but excluded Asians

Instituted in 1873

featuring a brief message from the Führer to Admiral Otto Schniewind (Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross

with a ribbon banner inscribed "MITT GOTT FUR KOENIG UND VATERLAND" (With God for King and Country)

Prussia, Kingdom. A Pour le Mérite, Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1965 Hold but excluded Asians(Pour le Mrite Museumsstck). Constructed of gilded bronze with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with blue enameled arms, each joined through the quadrants by Prussian imperial eagles, the obverse three, six, and nine oclock arms bearing a gilt inscription of POUR LE MRITE, the twelve oclock arm bearing a gilt monogram of King Friedrich, the twelve oclock arm topped by an eyelet and suspension ring retaining an original length of neck ribbon,