Prussia, Kingdom. A Pour-Le-Mérite, With Oak Leaves, By Rothe, C.1945 Auction with a correction to the

with a correction to the "c" in the surname

with a strong interest in war lesions of the eyes

loop maker marked “138” (Julius Maurer

Instituted in 1874

measuring 130 mm (w) x 60 mm (h) each

Prussia, Kingdom. A Pour-Le-Mérite, With Oak Leaves, By Rothe, C.1945 Auction with a correction to the(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 typical and expected Roman style gold lettering on the obverse as well as a finely detailed gold crown, the reverse presents plain blue enamel, the blue