Prussia, Kingdom. A Rare Pour le Mérite for Science and Art in Gold, c. 1865 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic greening present on the pinback

greening present on the pinback

and on June 3rd of the same year he earned the rank of Leutnant

225mm (l – inclusive of all links and rings)

in addition to some loss of finish to the eagle insignia

Prussia, Kingdom. A Rare Pour le Mérite for Science and Art in Gold, c. 1865 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic greening present on the pinback(Orden Pour le Mrite fr Wissenschaft und Kunst). Instituted 31 May 1842 by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV. (1842 present issue). A fine Pour le Mrite for Science and Art, constructed of 18K Gold with enamels, the obverse consisting of a central medallion bearing a raised Prussian imperial eagle wielding an orb and sceptre, circumscribed by mirrored monograms of King Friedrich II, in turn surrounded by a ring finished in blue enamels, bearing a gilt