Description
As many of the prisoners had been jailed for being suspected Bolsheviks
all retaining both reverse attachment prongs
this badge was buried
unmarked with small unusual pin assembly
Medals and Decorations of the World (Volume 3
Germany, Federal Republic. A Pour le Mérite, Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1965 Newly Listed As many of the prisoners(Pour le Mrite, Museumsstck). Constructed of gilded bronze with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with blue enameled, 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 bearing a crowned monogram of King Friedrich II, the twelve oclock arm topped by a fan suspension with a ring retaining an original length of neck