Germany, Imperial. A Pour le Mérite with Oak Leaves, Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1965 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac for four years of service

for four years of service

(Wehrmacht Auszeichnungen - Ausführung 1957)

the obverse with two strands of silver aluminum bullion embroidery

the reverse bearing a raised depiction of the Sturmabteilung (SA) Sports Badge in the form of a circular oak leaf wreath surrounding a mobile swastika overlaid by a sword

1941 and signed in black ink by a Captain

Germany, Imperial. A Pour le Mérite with Oak Leaves, Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1965 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac for four years of service(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