German WWI Prussian Blue Max Medal with Case - High Quality Forgery Cannons 375" across enclosing a bore

375" across enclosing a bore size of 1

leather buckle strap on the back nap of the helmet to adjust the helmet size

From a time when there really was an "Upper Crust"

The shell is maker marked with the stamping on the underside of the rim HS 96

demilled barrel dated 9-18 (September 1918) together with a 20 round magazine

German WWI Prussian Blue Max Medal with Case - High Quality Forgery Cannons 375" across enclosing a boreOriginal 196s Production, this Pour le Mrite, or Prussian Blue Max Medal was manufactured to the highest quality and detail during the 1960s with a singular purpose to deceive unsuspecting collectors. It comes complete with ribbon and case which both appear to be original but its unlikely. The Pour le Mrite ([pu l me.it], French, literally "For Merit") is an order of merit (German: Verdienstorden) established in 1740 by King Frederick II of Prussia.