Germany, Imperial. A Pour le Mérite with Oak Leaves, Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1965 visually-hidden while the crown is flanked

while the crown is flanked on each side by an integral vent

that he was Single and that his trade was that of Clerk (Bank Accountant)

small scratches on the obverse 11 o’clock arm

both its knots measuring 72 mm in width x 45

Germany, Imperial. A Pour le Mérite with Oak Leaves, Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1965 visually-hidden while the crown is flanked(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 double sided 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 monogram of King Friedrich II, topped by an eyelet retaining Oak Leaves, similarly executed in gilded bronze, both components