Description
Army Group Centre) on the Eastern Front
(Orden der Eisernen)
on either side at the waist
"Appropriation No
the top edge of the flaps trimmed in red piping which denotes field or coastal artillery units
Prussia, Kingdom. A Rare Pour le Mérite for Science and Art in Gold, c. 1865 Archive Army Group Centre) on the(Orden Pour le Mrite fr Wissenschaft und Kunst). Instituted 31 May 1842 by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV. (1842 present issue). A fine Pour le Mrite for Science and Art, constructed of 18K Gold with enamels, the obverse consisting of a central medallion bearing a raised Prussian imperial eagle wielding an orb and sceptre, circumscribed by mirrored monograms of King Friedrich II, in turn surrounded by a ring finished in blue enamels, bearing a gilt