Germany, Third Reich. A 1938 Edition Of Pour Le Mérite Flieger, By Walter Zuerl Auction rim impressed: 835 PR

rim impressed: 835 PR

silvered bronze lion affixed to a bronze gilt base

reverse illustrating the Holy Door of St

The mid-section of the scabbard is painted black

which features a hooked crossguard

Germany, Third Reich. A 1938 Edition Of Pour Le Mérite Flieger, By Walter Zuerl Auction rim impressed: 835 PR(Pour le Mrite Flieger). A 1938 edition of Pour le Mrite Flieger (Pour le Mrite Pilots), constructed of a card stock binding, the cover bearing a full colour illustration of the eponymous decoration, the interior content consisting of 547 paginated pages featuring detailed biographies of First World War Air Force personnel who received the Pour le Mrite, supplemented by a number of black and white photographs, published in 1938 by Curt Pechstein,