Germany – Federal Republic of Germany – BRD: Order of Merit, Cross of Merit 2nd Class, gilt and enamels, housed in its original presentation case with lapel ribbon bar badge.
Condition: Nearly Extremely Fine.
The Order is the highest honour that the Federal Republic of Germany bestows and was instituted by President Theodor Heuss on 7 September 1951, second anniversary of the founding of the Federal Republic, ‘with the desire to create a visible expression of recognition and thanks for meritorious men and women of the German people and from abroad for service in the fields of politics, socio-economics and intellectual work and for service in rebuilding the fatherland, and, as an award intended for all, for contributions to enhancing Germany’s reputation abroad’.