Germany, Imperial. A Pour le Mérite, Exhibition Example with Case by Rothe, c. 1965 certificate_of_authenticity center cockade in silvered and

center cockade in silvered and blackened wire

two photographs of Leein uniform and copies of his Service Records

linking to a circular blue enameled ring bearing a gilded inscription of “POUR LE MÉRITE”

3) An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class boutonniere

silvered zink Wehrmacht (Heer) Armed Forces Official’s cypher affixed to the upper

Germany, Imperial. A Pour le Mérite, Exhibition Example with Case by Rothe, c. 1965 certificate_of_authenticity center cockade in silvered and(Pour le Mrite mit Etui, Museumsstck). Constructed of a gilded silver alloy with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with blue enameled arms joined together through the quadrants by detailed Prussian imperial eagles, the obverse three, six, and nine oclock arms bearing a gilded and ribbed inscription of POUR LE MRITE, the twelve oclock arm bearing a gilded and ribbed monogram of King Friedrich II, the twelve oclock arm topped by a