Prussia, Kingdom. A Pour-le-Mérite (Collectors Copy)

(Pour le Mérite). Instituted in June 1740 by Frederick II of Prussia. A Post 1945 Manufactured Collectors Copy. In bronze gilt, consisting of an enameled blue Maltese cross, with four open beaked eagles in each quadrant in gilt, the obverse with typical Roman style gold lettering split on each arm, the reverse presents plain blue enamel, measuring 53.52 mm (w) x 52.13 mm (h), with light contact, very fine.