Prussia, Kingdom. A Pour-Le-Mérite With Oak Leaves, By Wagner, C.1930 Newly Listed reverse inscribed ""PAULUS REINERIUS PRINCIPIS

reverse inscribed ""PAULUS REINERIUS PRINCIPIS MUNUS AN : I 1779"" in the centre

he was appointed Junior Major of the 3rd Battalion

he made a trip from London to Cape Town and return in his de Havilland DH

Includes: 15th Infantry Battalion "48th Highlanders of Canada" Collar Badge

Orange Free State and Natal

Prussia, Kingdom. A Pour-Le-Mérite With Oak Leaves, By Wagner, C.1930 Newly Listed reverse inscribed ""PAULUS REINERIUS PRINCIPIS(Orden Pour le Merite fr Militrverdienst Ordenskreuz mit Eichenlaub). Instituted June 1740 by King Friedrich II. (1813 1918 issue; post 1918 reissue). A well preserved postwar replacement issue Pour le Mrite with Oak Leaves, constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with blue enameled arms, the quadrants joined together by finely detailed gilt Prussian imperial eagles, the obverse three, six, and nine