Germany, Imperial. A Pour le Mérite, Exhibition Example with Case by Rothe, c. 1965 Auction Archive 3) An Iron Cross 1939

3) An Iron Cross 1939 Second Class ribbon

marked “F&B” and “1937”

received his medals and decorations

Organized in 1881 and chartered by Congress in 1954

later American

Germany, Imperial. A Pour le Mérite, Exhibition Example with Case by Rothe, c. 1965 Auction Archive 3) An Iron Cross 1939(Pour le Mrite mit Etui, Museumsstck). Constructed of a gilded silver alloy with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with blue enameled arms joined together through the quadrants by detailed Prussian imperial eagles, the obverse three, six, and nine oclock arms bearing a gilded and ribbed inscription of POUR LE MRITE, the twelve oclock arm bearing a gilded and ribbed monogram of King Friedrich II, the twelve oclock arm topped by a