Footnote: Wehrwirtschaftsführer was a title bestowed on business and industry leaders at the helm of entities of vital importance to Germany’s wartime economy
and an inspection mark of “M”
and to have been made in the early 19th Century
John Dyas transferred to the United States Air Force when it became a separate branch of service in 1947
Germany, Federal Republic. A Pour le Mérite, Exhibition Example by Steinhauer & Lück, c. 1965 Auction Footnote: Wehrwirtschaftsführer was a title(Pour le Mrite, Museumsstck). Constructed of gilded bronze with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with blue enameled, joined through the quadrants by double sided Prussian imperial eagles, the obverse three, six, and nine oclock arms bearing a gilt inscription of POUR LE MRITE, the twelve oclock bearing a crowned monogram of King Friedrich II, the twelve oclock arm topped by a fan suspension with a ring retaining an original length of neck