exhibiting scattered black paint loss on the arms
A pair of commemorative victory medals
the obverse with a central medallion bearing the crowned cipher of King Ludwig II within a border in the form of a buckled belt inscribed with lettering reading Merenti (Latin - Merit)
It closes with five pebbled aluminum buttons on the right flap meeting an equal number of reinforced buttonholes on the opposite flap
illustrating two dragon-wolves (dragantes lobos) thrusting inward
Prussia, Kingdom. A Pour Le Mérite Miniature, C. 1917, By J. Godet & Sohn Auction Archive exhibiting scattered black paint loss(Pour le Mrite Miniatur). Instituted June 1940 by King Friedrich II. (1740 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with blue enameled arms, with each quadrant joined together by a finely detailed Prussian imperial eagle, the obverse bearing a gilt inscription of POUR LE MRITE distributed across the three, six, and nine oclock arms, the twelve oclock arm bearing a crown gilt monogram of King