PLM - Peace Class

[Biber]

Sorry if this may be in the wrong place.

Is there anybody out there who may collect the so-called "peace class" version of the PLM? Do such things ever come up? Are there any repros available?

Biber

[Daniel Cole]

There is a really cheap version from the German firm Gode. You can always find them on the German ebay. There is a real one for sale here.............

http://www.huesken.com/index.htm

ORDEN POUR LE MERITE F?R KUNST UND WISSENSCHAFTEN Ordensdekoration 2. Form von Wilm. Gold und Emaille, 55 mm an goldenem Bandring. Im orig. Verleihungsetui mit einliegendem Halstrageband. Von gro?er Seltenheit ! H?sken 4.07.01 I

Cat.No. 3767 - Catalog A ? 17.500,00

[Red Eagle]

But this piece is a 1952 version.

Here is an older item:

You see the different?

[Chris Boonzaier]

EUR17000 for a 1952 version !!!!!!

[Daniel Cole]

Chris I think they are 2 different pieces.

The difference in the two is the ring with "Pour le Merite" is rotated 180 degrees.

Dan

Edited September 29, 2006 by Daniel Cole

[VtwinVince]

Wow, that is pricey. My uncle was awarded one of these as a professor at the U of Heidelberg about ten years ago.

[medalnet]

The original tooling was actually made by Hossauer, who was eventually taken over by Wagner. This means that the tooling and hence the pieces are pretty much identical. Differences are only the marking by either Hossauer on the reverse or site, yes site, of the pieces and the way the eagle in the middle of the piece was finished.

Wilm was the official manufacuturer after WWII. Yes, they are expensive but extremly rare. The modern pieces are property of Germany.

This link will take you to some more pictures: PlM for Arts and Science

Scroll all the way down for the Arts and Science version.