Order Pour le Merite, Prussia, from the Military Series (N224) issued by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes 1888

This is a trade card, created by the Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company in 1888, to promote their Sweet Caporal Cigarettes. Featuring a visual representation of the "Order Pour le Merite" medal, a Prussian military decoration, the card uses an illustrative style common in trade card design. The medal, depicted in full detail, is suspended from a blue ribbon tied into bows. The card is part of the "Military Series" of trade cards produced by the Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company.