Germany, Imperial. A Pour Le Mérite In Gold, Collector’s Copy Dedicated To General Ernst Von Hoeppner By Rothe, C. 1960 Auction in original box of issue

in original box of issue

Three cards are filled out on the reverse by pilots writing to their parents

It is issued to “His Excellency Hiroshi Oshima and wife”

Footnote: On January 29

Texas in 1978

Germany, Imperial. A Pour Le Mérite In Gold, Collector’s Copy Dedicated To General Ernst Von Hoeppner By Rothe, C. 1960 Auction in original box of issue(Pour le Mrite). Instituted June 1740 by King Friedrich II. (1740 1918 issue; c. 1960 manufacture). A rare and unique Pour le Mrite, constructed of 14k Gold, consisting of a Maltese Cross with each arm joined through the quadrants by a double sided Prussian imperial eagles, the obverse with blue enameled arms, bearing a gilt inscription of POUR LE MRITE set over the three, six, and nine oclock arm, with the twelve oclock arm bearing a crowned gilt