Prussia, Kingdom. The Pour Le Mérite With Oak Leaves Of General Bruno Von Mudra, In Gold, By Johann Wagner & Söhne Auction Archive Footnote: This helmet suggests private

Footnote: This helmet suggests private purchase like those usually worn by senior NCOs

tiny nips in the enamels)

16 mm x 85 mm

retired as Captain in 1884

Prussia, Kingdom. The Pour Le Mérite With Oak Leaves Of General Bruno Von Mudra, In Gold, By Johann Wagner & Söhne Auction Archive Footnote: This helmet suggests private(Pour le Mrite in Gold mit Eichenlaub). Instituted June 1740 by Friedrich II (the Great) of Prussia. (c. 1914 1916 issue). A rare and striking example of the Pour le Mrite with Oak Leaves from the estate of General Bruno von Mudra, constructed of Gold with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with blue enameled arms, each joined through the quadrants by finely detailed and double sided Prussian imperial eagles, the obverse three, six, and nine