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German WWI Blue Max Award Wearing Copy
4/30/2014 - Firearms and Militaria: Live Salesroom Auction
All we have is an oral history with this Pour Le Mérite and according to that history a Captain Horst Meyer on 11-08-18 was awarded the Blue Max. There was a Captain Meyer who won a Blue Max on this date, although his name was Emil Berthold Meyer. Also is a locket with a picture of a Prussian officer which is supposed to be Captain Meyer, a Prussian War Merit Cross also belonging Capt. Meyer, and a replacement ribbon.

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