Germany, Federal Republic. A Pour le Mérite with Oak Leaves, Superior Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1967 Archive Between December 1914 and May

Between December 1914 and May 1917 Wittneben served in the Snow Shoe Battalion Munich

circumscribed by inscriptions of “DER DEUTSCHEN MUTTER” (“TO THE GERMAN MOTHER”)

17 mm each

the reverse retaining a fully-intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label bearing a maker’s code of “A/427” and a secondary code of “409011”

III Class Knight Case (Orden Militar de San Mateo)

Germany, Federal Republic. A Pour le Mérite with Oak Leaves, Superior Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1967 Archive Between December 1914 and May(Pour le Mrite mit Eichenlaub, Museumsstck). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with blue enameled arms joined through the quadrants by Prussian imperial eagles executed in exceptional detail, the three, six, and nine oclock arms bearing a gilt inscription of POUR LE MRITE, the twelve oclock arm bearing the gilt monogram of King Friedrich II of Prussia, the twelve o'clock arm bearing a semi circular loop