Germany, Imperial. A Pour le Mérite with Oak Leaves, Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1965 Province of China where he was named Acting

where he was named Acting Corporal

supplemented by tactical maps and black-and-white illustrations

the obverse centre bears a Russian double-headed eagle

featuring two glass eyes with black pupil centrepieces neatly rounded in the middle

I had now been ten years in the Egyptian Army

Germany, Imperial. A Pour le Mérite with Oak Leaves, Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1965 Province of China where he was named Acting(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