Germany, Federal Republic. A Pour-Le-Mérite, Medal For Art And Science, Miniature, C.1960 Auction 21 mm (w) x 43

21 mm (w) x 43

The statue was administered by the United States Lighthouse Board until 1901 and then by the Department of War

the latter with a pinback

Six months after arriving in England

Germany, Federal Republic. A Pour-Le-Mérite, Medal For Art And Science, Miniature, C.1960 Auction 21 mm (w) x 43(Orden Pour le Mrite fr Wissenschaft und Knste Miniatur). Instituted 31 May 1842 by Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm IV. (1842 present issue). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a blue enameled ring with crowns at the cardinal points, around a central raised Hohenzollern style eagle with mirrored monograms of Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm IV at the cardinal points, the twelve oclock arm with a chain suspension, unmarked, measuring 16. 53 mm