Prussia, Kingdom. A Pour Le Mérite With Crown Decoration, By Rothe, C.1925 Newly Listed as originally mounted on hard

as originally mounted on hard stock

each bearing a gilded bronze NSDAP-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed swastika

45 mm x 92 mm)

light soiling and wear evident on the gray cotton band surrounding the left lens

a functional clasp closure

Prussia, Kingdom. A Pour Le Mérite With Crown Decoration, By Rothe, C.1925 Newly Listed as originally mounted on hard(Pour le Mrit mit Krone). Instituted June 1740 by King Friedrich II. (1740 1918 issue; c. 1925 manufacture). A rare and exquisite Pour le Mrite, constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with blue enameled arms, with each arm joined through the quadrants by finely detailed double sided Prussian imperial eagles, the obverse three, six, and nine oclock arms bearing a gilt inscription of POUR LE MRITE with scored lettering,