Prussia, Kingdom. A Pour Le Mérite, By J. H. Werner, C.1916 certificate_of_authenticity he took command of the

he took command of the German Afrika Corps and was eventually promoted to General of the Panzer Troops

with the nine provincial coat of arms in multi-coloured enamels

He was later transferred to the 22nd Infantry Battalion "Canadiens Francais" and survived the war

Footnote: 166 awarded between 1914 and 1918

the reverse engraved

Prussia, Kingdom. A Pour Le Mérite, By J. H. Werner, C.1916 certificate_of_authenticity he took command of the(Pour le Mrite). Instituted in June 1740 by Frederick II of Prussia. In gilded silver, presenting as a blue enamelled Maltese cross, with four open beaked eagles between the cross arms, each carefully hand etched and detailed and held solidly in their respective positions, the obverse centre with typical and expected Roman style gold lettering on the obverse as well as a finely detailed gold crown, the reverse presents plain blue enamel, the blue