Germany, Imperial. A Pour le Mérite with Oak Leaves, Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1965 visually-hidden Reinforced slashes for the accommodation

Reinforced slashes for the accommodation of the eyes and mouth are visible

small scratches on the obverse 11 o’clock arm

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

flaw in the white enamelling on one ray of the Breast Star

Germany, Imperial. A Pour le Mérite with Oak Leaves, Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1965 visually-hidden Reinforced slashes for the accommodation(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