Germany, Federal Republic. A Pour le Mérite, Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück with Case, c. 1965 Newly Listed circumscribed by a ring of

circumscribed by a ring of white enamel

bearing the Romanian coat-of-arms on the obverse

worn on a full length modern sash

and a maker code of “55/42” for F

Germany, Federal Republic. A Pour le Mérite, Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück with Case, c. 1965 Newly Listed circumscribed by a ring of(Pour le Mrite mit Etui, Museumsstck). Constructed of a gilded alloy with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with blue enameled arms 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 gilt monogram of King Friedrich II, the twelve oclock arm topped by a suspension arch retaining a suspension