Prussia, Kingdom. A Pour-Le-Mérite, By Godet, C.1930 GTRexclude In stamped silvered steel with

In stamped silvered steel with stamped silvered steel face plate affixed by 4 tabs

He served with distinction in the Imperial German Army during the First World War

with pressed fabric in the dome and stamped in red ink on the underside of the blackened liner with the manufacturer's stamp

unmarked (this maker is to date unknown

Prussia, Kingdom. A Pour-Le-Mérite, By Godet, C.1930 GTRexclude In stamped silvered steel with(Pour le Mrite). Instituted in June 1740 by Frederick II of Prussia. In gilded silver, presenting as a blue enamelled Maltese cross, with four open beaked eagles between the cross arms, each carefully hand etched and detailed and held solidly in their respective positions, the obverse centre with the crowned monogram F for Friedrich on the top cross arm and the name Pour le M rite starting from the left cross arm to the right ending on the bottom arm,