Germany, Federal Republic. A Pour le Mérite, Medal for Arts and Sciences, 1957 Version Ribbon Bar
(Orden Pour le Mérite für Wissenschaft und Künste Bandschnalle). Instituted 31 May 1842 by Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm IV. (1842-present issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi-coloured enamels, set on a 25 mm-long bar with a period original ribbon and horizontal pinback, unmarked, in extremely fine condition.

