Germany, Federal Republic. A Pour Le Mérite, Medal For Arts And Sciences, 1957 Version Ribbon Bar consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac well executed clear coat on

well executed clear coat on all three

buttons and folds represented by beads and dabs of white paint giving it a three-dimension look

Footnote: WWI British Home Front On War Service Badges were issued by the government and private firms from December 1914 onwards

the obverse with pebbled arms and bearing a central wreathed mobile swastika

Beginning in August 1914

Germany, Federal Republic. A Pour Le Mérite, Medal For Arts And Sciences, 1957 Version Ribbon Bar consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac well executed clear coat on(Orden Pour le Mrite fr Wissenschaft und Knste 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.