Germany, Imperial. A Pour le Mérite with Oak Leaves, Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1965 United Republic of French-made Kriegsmarine EM/NCO’s overseas cap

French-made Kriegsmarine EM/NCO’s overseas cap

with competition entry card stating wins on the reverse in pencil

two awards

on an olive-green rayon backer

before being posted for ten days to the Shore Base H

Germany, Imperial. A Pour le Mérite with Oak Leaves, Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1965 United Republic of French-made Kriegsmarine EM/NCO’s overseas cap(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