Prussia, Kingdom. A Rare Pour le Mérite for Science and Art in Gold, c. 1865 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Almost one year later

Almost one year later

and approached the scaffold gleefully when her turn at the guillotine arrived

1 the badge is missing all of its reverse hardware with the remnants of crude attempts at repair

the interior is constructed of ornate coloured paper patterned with a sailing ship with a large sail

Prussia, Kingdom. A Rare Pour le Mérite for Science and Art in Gold, c. 1865 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Almost one year later(Orden Pour le Mrite fr Wissenschaft und Kunst). Instituted 31 May 1842 by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV. (1842 present issue). A fine Pour le Mrite for Science and Art, constructed of 18K Gold with enamels, the obverse consisting of a central medallion bearing a raised Prussian imperial eagle wielding an orb and sceptre, circumscribed by mirrored monograms of King Friedrich II, in turn surrounded by a ring finished in blue enamels, bearing a gilt