Germany, Imperial. A Pour Le Mérite In Gold, Collector’s Copy Dedicated To General Ernst Von Hoeppner By Rothe, C. 1960 Auction CAMPAGNA / 1° GRVPPO BOMBARDE

CAMPAGNA / 1° GRVPPO BOMBARDE / 25° GRVPPO ROMBARDE / 57° BATT GENIO / 7a BATTERIA SOMEGGIATA / 55a BATTERIADA MONTAGNA" within a wreath of laurel leaves

A 1934 Hitlerjugend/Hitler Youth Stamm II 2/19 Aufmarsch badge (14/15

" Major Wilmot Hagerty Broughall

Three cards are filled out on the reverse by pilots writing to their parents

northeast Czech Republic) on February 23

Germany, Imperial. A Pour Le Mérite In Gold, Collector’s Copy Dedicated To General Ernst Von Hoeppner By Rothe, C. 1960 Auction CAMPAGNA / 1° GRVPPO BOMBARDE(Pour le Mrite). Instituted June 1740 by King Friedrich II. (1740 1918 issue; c. 1960 manufacture). A rare and unique Pour le Mrite, constructed of 14k Gold, consisting of a Maltese Cross with each arm joined through the quadrants by a double sided Prussian imperial eagles, the obverse with blue enameled arms, bearing a gilt inscription of POUR LE MRITE set over the three, six, and nine oclock arm, with the twelve oclock arm bearing a crowned gilt