Nickel-silver fixtures are secured to the scabbard at both the throat and tip with side rivets
brass-coloured metal cross guard and handle with embedded white synthetic grip
shiny silvery cords on red fabric
he was awarded the Defence Medal
the obverse depicts a proletariat
Prussia, Kingdom. A Pour le Mérite, Miniature Boutonniere Version, by J. Godet & Sohn certificate_of_authenticity Nickel-silver fixtures are secured to(Pour le Mrite Miniatur). Instituted June 1940 by King Friedrich II. (1740 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with blue enameled arms, joined through the quadrants by finely detailed Prussian imperial eagles, the three, six, and nine oclock arms bearing a gilt inscription of POUR LE MRITE, the twelve oclock bearing a monogram of King Friedrich II, affixed to a boutonniere retaining a period original