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id="toc-German_army-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-German_navy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#German_navy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1.3.3</span> <span>German navy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-German_navy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Civil_class" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Civil_class"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Civil class</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Civil_class-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Civil class subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Civil_class-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Notable_recipients_of_the_civil_class" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_recipients_of_the_civil_class"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Notable recipients of the civil class</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_recipients_of_the_civil_class-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Similar_orders_in_other_countries" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Similar_orders_in_other_countries"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Similar orders in other countries</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Similar_orders_in_other_countries-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Recipients_of_both_classes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Recipients_of_both_classes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Recipients of both classes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Recipients_of_both_classes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-References-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle References subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Bibliography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite" title="Pour le Mérite – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Pour le Mérite" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite" title="Pour le Mérite – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Pour le Mérite" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite" title="Pour le Mérite – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Pour le Mérite" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite" title="Pour le Mérite – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Pour le Mérite" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite" title="Pour le Mérite – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Pour le Mérite" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite" title="Pour le Mérite – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Pour le Mérite" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite" title="Pour le Mérite – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Pour le Mérite" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite" title="Pour le Mérite – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Pour le Mérite" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite" title="Pour le Mérite – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Pour le Mérite" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1_%D9%84%D9%88_%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AA" title="پور لو مریت – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پور لو مریت" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite" title="Pour le Mérite – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Pour le Mérite" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%91%B8%EB%A5%B4_%EB%A5%B4_%EB%A9%94%EB%A6%AC%ED%8A%B8" title="푸르 르 메리트 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="푸르 르 메리트" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite" title="Pour le Mérite – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Pour le Mérite" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite" title="Pour le Mérite – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Pour le Mérite" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite" title="Pour le Mérite – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Pour le Mérite" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite" title="Pour le Mérite – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Pour le Mérite" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8_%D7%9C%D7%94_%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%98" title="פור לה מריט – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="פור לה מריט" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite" title="Pour le Mérite – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Pour le Mérite" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite" title="Pour le Mérite – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Pour le Mérite" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite" title="Pour le Mérite – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Pour le Mérite" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite" title="Pour le Mérite – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Pour le Mérite" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite" title="Pour le Mérite – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Pour le Mérite" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%97%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E5%8B%B2%E7%AB%A0" title="プール・ル・メリット勲章 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="プール・ル・メリット勲章" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite" title="Pour le Mérite – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Pour le Mérite" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1_%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%B9" title="پور لی میرٹ – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="پور لی میرٹ" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite" title="Pour le Mérite – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Pour le Mérite" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite" title="Pour le Mérite – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Pour le Mérite" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite" title="Pour le Mérite – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Pour le Mérite" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite" title="Pour le Mérite – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Pour le Mérite" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite" title="Pour le Mérite – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Pour le Mérite" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite" title="Pour le Mérite – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Pour le Mérite" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite" title="Pour le Mérite – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Pour le Mérite" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B5_(%D0%9F%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81)" title="Орден за заслуге (Плави Макс) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Орден за заслуге (Плави Макс)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite" title="Pour le Mérite – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Pour le Mérite" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite" title="Pour le Mérite – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Pour le Mérite" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%AD%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%97" title="พัวร์เลอเมรีท – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="พัวร์เลอเมรีท" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite" title="Pour le Mérite – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Pour le 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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Kingdom of Prussia's highest order of merit</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the film, see <a href="/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite_(film)" title="Pour le Mérite (film)">Pour le Mérite (film)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Award</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary"><i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span></i><br /><small>(Military class)</small></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Pour_le_Merite_badge3_(Prussia_1914-1918)_-_Tallinn_Museum_of_Orders.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Pour_le_Merite_badge3_%28Prussia_1914-1918%29_-_Tallinn_Museum_of_Orders.jpg/220px-Pour_le_Merite_badge3_%28Prussia_1914-1918%29_-_Tallinn_Museum_of_Orders.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Pour_le_Merite_badge3_%28Prussia_1914-1918%29_-_Tallinn_Museum_of_Orders.jpg/330px-Pour_le_Merite_badge3_%28Prussia_1914-1918%29_-_Tallinn_Museum_of_Orders.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Pour_le_Merite_badge3_%28Prussia_1914-1918%29_-_Tallinn_Museum_of_Orders.jpg/440px-Pour_le_Merite_badge3_%28Prussia_1914-1918%29_-_Tallinn_Museum_of_Orders.jpg 2x" data-file-width="876" data-file-height="997" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Neck_decoration" class="mw-redirect" title="Neck decoration">Neck decoration</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Presented by</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><a href="/wiki/King_of_Prussia" class="mw-redirect" title="King of Prussia">King of Prussia</a> (1740–1918)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Eligibility</th><td class="infobox-data">Military personnel (1740–1918)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Status</th><td class="infobox-data">Extinct</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Established</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><ul><li>between 7 and 15 June 1740<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELehmann1913VIII_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELehmann1913VIII-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li>1810 (pure military class)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">First awarded</th><td class="infobox-data">16 June 1740<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELehmann1913VIII_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELehmann1913VIII-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Last awarded</th><td class="infobox-data">22 September 1918</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Total</th><td class="infobox-data">5415<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:D-PRU_Pour_le_Merite_1_BAR.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/D-PRU_Pour_le_Merite_1_BAR.svg/125px-D-PRU_Pour_le_Merite_1_BAR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/D-PRU_Pour_le_Merite_1_BAR.svg/188px-D-PRU_Pour_le_Merite_1_BAR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/D-PRU_Pour_le_Merite_1_BAR.svg/250px-D-PRU_Pour_le_Merite_1_BAR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span><br /><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span><br /> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:D-PRU_Pour_le_Merite_2_BAR.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/D-PRU_Pour_le_Merite_2_BAR.svg/125px-D-PRU_Pour_le_Merite_2_BAR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="34" class="mw-file-element" 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style="font-size:85%" title="literal translation">lit.</abbr><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">For Merit</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>), also informally known as the <i><b>Blue Max</b></i> (<a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Blauer Max</i>), is an <a href="/wiki/Order_of_merit" title="Order of merit">order of merit</a> established in 1740 by <a href="/wiki/Frederick_the_Great" title="Frederick the Great">King Frederick II of Prussia</a>. The <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span> was awarded as both a military and civil honour and ranked, along with the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Black_Eagle" title="Order of the Black Eagle">Order of the Black Eagle</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Red_Eagle" title="Order of the Red Eagle">Order of the Red Eagle</a> and the <a href="/wiki/House_Order_of_Hohenzollern" title="House Order of Hohenzollern">House Order of Hohenzollern</a>, among the highest orders of merit in the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia" title="Kingdom of Prussia">Kingdom of Prussia</a>. The order of merit was the highest royal Prussian order of bravery for officers of all ranks.<sup id="cite_ref-Preussen_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Preussen-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Luftfahrtarchiv_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Luftfahrtarchiv-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span> was awarded strictly as a recognition of extraordinary personal achievement, rather than as a general marker of social status or a courtesy-honour, although certain restrictions of social class and military rank were applied. The order was secular, and membership endured for the remaining lifetime of the recipient, unless renounced or revoked. </p><p>New awards of the military class ceased with the end of the Prussian monarchy in November 1918. German author <a href="/wiki/Ernst_J%C3%BCnger" title="Ernst Jünger">Ernst Jünger</a>, who died in 1998, was the last living recipient of the military class award.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A civil class for merits in sciences, humanities, and arts was established in 1842 by King <a href="/wiki/Frederick_William_IV_of_Prussia" title="Frederick William IV of Prussia">Frederick William IV</a>. The civil class was revived as an independent organization in 1923 (<i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span> <span title="German-language text"><i lang="de">für Wissenschaften und Künste</i></span></i>). Instead of the King of Prussia, the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Germany" title="President of Germany">President of Germany</a> acted as head of the order. After the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>, the civil class was re-established in 1952. This version of the <i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span></i> is still active today. The <i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span></i> is still an order into which a person is admitted into membership, like the United Kingdom's <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">Order of the British Empire</a>, and is not simply a <a href="/wiki/Medal" title="Medal">medal</a> or <a href="/wiki/State_decoration" title="State decoration">state decoration</a>. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-3"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_class">Military class</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Military class"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite" title="Special:EditPage/Pour le Mérite">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.<br /><small><span class="plainlinks"><i>Find sources:</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?as_eq=wikipedia&q=%22Pour+le+M%C3%A9rite%22">"Pour le Mérite"</a> – <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&q=%22Pour+le+M%C3%A9rite%22+-wikipedia&tbs=ar:1">news</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?&q=%22Pour+le+M%C3%A9rite%22&tbs=bkt:s&tbm=bks">newspapers</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&q=%22Pour+le+M%C3%A9rite%22+-wikipedia">books</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Pour+le+M%C3%A9rite%22">scholar</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=%22Pour+le+M%C3%A9rite%22&acc=on&wc=on">JSTOR</a></span></small></span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">April 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span> was founded in 1740 by King <a href="/wiki/Frederick_II_of_Prussia" class="mw-redirect" title="Frederick II of Prussia">Frederick II of Prussia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was named in French, which was the <a href="/wiki/Lingua_franca" title="Lingua franca">leading international language</a> and the favoured language at Frederick's court.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The French name was retained, despite the rising tide of nationalism and increasing hostility between the French and Germans during the 19th century, and indeed many of its recipients were honoured for acts performed in wars against France. The insignia of the military award was a blue-enameled <a href="/wiki/Maltese_Cross_(symbol)" class="mw-redirect" title="Maltese Cross (symbol)">Maltese Cross</a> with golden <a href="/wiki/Eagle" title="Eagle">eagles</a> between the arms (which is based on the symbol of the <a href="/wiki/Johanniter_Order" class="mw-redirect" title="Johanniter Order">Johanniter Order</a>) and the Prussian <a href="/wiki/Royal_Cypher" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Cypher">royal cypher</a> and the words <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span> ("For Merit" in <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>) written in gold letters on the body of the cross. The ribbon was black with edge stripes of silver-white. The order consisted of only one class, both civil and military, until 1810.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Only a few civilians were honored: <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Louis_Maupertuis" title="Pierre Louis Maupertuis">Pierre Louis Maupertuis</a> (1747),<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELehmann191335,_I_No._249_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELehmann191335,_I_No._249-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Francesco_Algarotti" title="Francesco Algarotti">Francesco Algarotti</a> (1747)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELehmann191336,_I_No._251_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELehmann191336,_I_No._251-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Voltaire" title="Voltaire">Voltaire</a> (1750).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELehmann191343,_I_No._310_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELehmann191343,_I_No._310-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFuhrmann199247_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFuhrmann199247-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PLMeichenlaub.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/PLMeichenlaub.jpg/200px-PLMeichenlaub.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="266" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/PLMeichenlaub.jpg/300px-PLMeichenlaub.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/PLMeichenlaub.jpg/400px-PLMeichenlaub.jpg 2x" data-file-width="893" data-file-height="1186" /></a><figcaption><i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span></i> with oak leaves</figcaption></figure> <p>In January 1810, during the Napoleonic wars, King <a href="/wiki/Frederick_William_III_of_Prussia" title="Frederick William III of Prussia">Frederick William III</a> decreed that the award could be presented only to serving military officers. In March 1813, the King added an additional distinction, a spray of gilt oak leaves attached above the cross. Award of the oak leaves originally indicated extraordinary achievement in battle, and was usually reserved for high-ranking officers. </p><p>The original regulations called for the capture or successful defence of a fortification, or victory in a battle. By <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, the oak leaves often indicated a second or higher award of the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span>, though in most cases the recipients were still high-ranking officers (usually distinguished field commanders fitting the criteria above; the few lower ranking recipients of the oak leaves were mainly general staff officers responsible for planning a victorious battle or campaign). In early 1918, it was proposed to award the oak leaves to Germany's top <a href="/wiki/Flying_ace" title="Flying ace">flying ace</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manfred_von_Richthofen" title="Manfred von Richthofen">Manfred von Richthofen</a>, but he was deemed ineligible under a strict reading of the regulations (he had already received his <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span> without oak leaves in January 1917<sup id="cite_ref-vW_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vW-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>). Instead of the oak leaves Prussia awarded von Richthofen a slightly less prestigious honor, the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Red_Eagle" title="Order of the Red Eagle">Order of the Red Eagle</a>, 3rd Class with Crown and Swords. This was still a high honour, as the 3rd Class was normally awarded to colonels and lieutenant colonels, and von Richthofen's award was one of only two of the 3rd Class with Crown and Swords during World War I. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ster_van_de_Orde_Pour_le_Merite.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Ster_van_de_Orde_Pour_le_Merite.jpg/200px-Ster_van_de_Orde_Pour_le_Merite.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="202" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Ster_van_de_Orde_Pour_le_Merite.jpg/300px-Ster_van_de_Orde_Pour_le_Merite.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Ster_van_de_Orde_Pour_le_Merite.jpg/400px-Ster_van_de_Orde_Pour_le_Merite.jpg 2x" data-file-width="778" data-file-height="787" /></a><figcaption>Grand cross of <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span></figcaption></figure> <p>In 1866, a special military <i>Grand Cross</i> class of the award was established. This grade of the award was given to those who, through their actions, caused the retreat or destruction of an army. There were only five recipients of the <i>Grand Cross of the Pour le Mérite</i>: King <a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_I,_German_Emperor" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilhelm I, German Emperor">Wilhelm I</a> in 1866, Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia (later Emperor <a href="/wiki/Frederick_III,_German_Emperor" title="Frederick III, German Emperor">Frederick III</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Prince_Frederick_Charles_of_Prussia" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia">Prince Frederick Charles of Prussia</a> in 1873, Tsar <a href="/wiki/Alexander_II_of_Russia" title="Alexander II of Russia">Alexander II of Russia</a> in 1878, and <a href="/wiki/Helmuth_von_Moltke_the_Elder" title="Helmuth von Moltke the Elder">Helmuth Graf von Moltke</a> in 1879.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Manfred_von_Richthofen.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Manfred_von_Richthofen.jpg/200px-Manfred_von_Richthofen.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="285" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Manfred_von_Richthofen.jpg/300px-Manfred_von_Richthofen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Manfred_von_Richthofen.jpg/400px-Manfred_von_Richthofen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="499" data-file-height="711" /></a><figcaption>"The Red Baron" Manfred von Richthofen wears "the Blue Max."</figcaption></figure> <p>The <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span> gained international fame during <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>. Although it could be awarded to any military officer, its most famous recipients were the pilots of the German Army Air Service (<a href="/wiki/Luftstreitkr%C3%A4fte" title="Luftstreitkräfte">Luftstreitkräfte</a>), whose exploits were celebrated in wartime <a href="/wiki/Propaganda" title="Propaganda">propaganda</a>. In aerial warfare, a <a href="/wiki/Fighter_aircraft" title="Fighter aircraft">fighter</a> pilot was initially entitled to the award upon downing eight enemy aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-vW_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vW-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Aces <a href="/wiki/Max_Immelmann" title="Max Immelmann">Max Immelmann</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oswald_Boelcke" title="Oswald Boelcke">Oswald Boelcke</a> were the first airmen to receive the award, on 12 January 1916. It was awarded to Germany's highest-scoring ace, <a href="/wiki/Manfred_von_Richthofen" title="Manfred von Richthofen">Manfred von Richthofen</a>, in January 1917.<sup id="cite_ref-vW_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vW-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The number of aerial victories necessary to receive the award continued to increase during the war; by early 1917, it generally required destroying 16–20 enemy airplanes, and by war's end the approximate figure was 30. However, other aviation recipients included <a href="/wiki/Zeppelin" title="Zeppelin">zeppelin</a> commanders, bomber and observation aircrews, and at least one <a href="/wiki/Observation_balloon" title="Observation balloon">balloon observer</a>. </p><p>Recipients of the "Blue Max", a nickname of the order, were required to wear the award whenever in uniform. Although many of its famous recipients were junior officers, especially pilots, more than a third of all awards in World War I went to generals and admirals. Senior officer awards tended to be more for outstanding leadership in combat than for individual acts of bravery. </p><p>Junior officers (army captains and lieutenants and their navy equivalents) accounted for only about a fourth of all awards. Several famous <a href="/wiki/U-boat" title="U-boat">U-boat</a> commanders, including <a href="/wiki/Lothar_von_Arnauld_de_la_Peri%C3%A8re" title="Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière">Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière</a> (<a href="/wiki/SM_U-35_(Germany)" title="SM U-35 (Germany)"><i>U-35</i></a>), <a href="/wiki/Walther_Schwieger" title="Walther Schwieger">Walther Schwieger</a> (<a href="/wiki/SM_U-20_(Germany)" title="SM U-20 (Germany)"><i>U-20</i></a>) <a href="/wiki/Otto_Hersing" title="Otto Hersing">Otto Hersing</a> (<a href="/wiki/SM_U-21_(Germany)" title="SM U-21 (Germany)"><i>U-21</i></a>) and <a href="/wiki/Otto_Weddigen" title="Otto Weddigen">Otto Weddigen</a>, received the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span>. </p><p>The <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span> became extinct as a result of <a href="/wiki/Kaiser" title="Kaiser">Kaiser</a> <a href="/wiki/William_II,_German_Emperor" class="mw-redirect" title="William II, German Emperor">Wilhelm II</a>'s abdication as king of Prussia and German Emperor on 9 November 1918. This marked the end of the Prussian monarchy and it was never awarded thereafter; however the honour continued to be recognized for, and worn by, previous recipients. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_recipients_of_the_military_class">Notable recipients of the military class</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Notable recipients of the military class"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_the_Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite_(military_class)_recipients" class="mw-redirect" title="List of the Pour le Mérite (military class) recipients">List of the Pour le Mérite (military class) recipients</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1740_to_1871">1740 to 1871</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1740 to 1871"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Henning_Alexander_von_Kleist" title="Henning Alexander von Kleist">Henning Alexander von Kleist</a>. Prussian general, awarded <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span> in 1741<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELehmann191317,_I_No._98_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELehmann191317,_I_No._98-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by Frederick II for actions during <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mollwitz" title="Battle of Mollwitz">Battle of Mollwitz</a> during <a href="/wiki/War_of_Austrian_Succession" class="mw-redirect" title="War of Austrian Succession">War of Austrian Succession</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_de_Forcade_de_Biaix" title="Isaac de Forcade de Biaix">Isaac de Forcade de Biaix</a>, Prussian <a href="/wiki/Colonel" title="Colonel">colonel</a> and later Hofmarschall to the <a href="/wiki/Crown_Prince" class="mw-redirect" title="Crown Prince">Prince of Prussia</a> <a href="/wiki/Frederick_William_II_of_Prussia" title="Frederick William II of Prussia">Frederick William II</a>, heir to the throne of Prussia, awarded on 11 June 1742,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELehmann191318,_I_Nr._113_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELehmann191318,_I_Nr._113-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as a <a href="/wiki/Captain_(armed_forces)" title="Captain (armed forces)">captain</a> with the 18th Prussian Infantry Regiment (von Derschau) for his actions during the <a href="/wiki/First_Silesian_War" title="First Silesian War">First Silesian War</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Wilhelm_Quirin_von_Forcade_de_Biaix" title="Friedrich Wilhelm Quirin von Forcade de Biaix">Friedrich Wilhelm Quirin von Forcade de Biaix</a>, Prussian <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general" title="Lieutenant general">lieutenant general</a>, awarded on 6 January 1746<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELehmann191334,_I_Nr._245_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELehmann191334,_I_Nr._245-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as a <a href="/wiki/Colonel" title="Colonel">colonel</a> for his actions in the <a href="/wiki/Second_Silesian_War" title="Second Silesian War">Second Silesian War</a> on the battlefield during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Soor" title="Battle of Soor">Battle of Soor</a>, the victory of which <a href="/wiki/Frederick_the_Great" title="Frederick the Great">Frederick the Great</a> attributed to him.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Heinrich_von_Wedel" title="Carl Heinrich von Wedel">Carl Heinrich von Wedel</a>, awarded the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span> 1752<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELehmann191345,_I_No._317_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELehmann191345,_I_No._317-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Wilhelm_von_Seydlitz" title="Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz">Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz</a>, awarded 1757, during the <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles-Emmanuel_de_Warnery" title="Charles-Emmanuel de Warnery">Charles-Emmanuel de Warnery</a>. Major General. Cavalry. In October 1756 for actions at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Lobositz" title="Battle of Lobositz">Battle of Lobositz</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELehmann191349,_I_No._356_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELehmann191349,_I_No._356-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_III_of_Russia" title="Peter III of Russia">Peter III of Russia</a>, who received the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span> in 1762 when he withdrew Russia from the <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a> and made peace with Prussia.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELehmann1913102,_I_No._591_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELehmann1913102,_I_No._591-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gebhard_Leberecht_von_Bl%C3%BCcher" title="Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher">Gebhard von Blücher</a>, awarded on 4 June 1789,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELehmann1913200,_II_No._82_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELehmann1913200,_II_No._82-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Napoleonic-era Prussian field marshal who led Prussian forces at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo" title="Battle of Waterloo">Battle of Waterloo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Suvorov" title="Alexander Suvorov">Alexander Suvorov</a>, Russian <a href="/wiki/Generalissimo" title="Generalissimo">generalissimo</a>, awarded on 28 December 1794<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerhard_von_Scharnhorst" title="Gerhard von Scharnhorst">Gerhard von Scharnhorst</a>, Napoleonic-era Prussian general.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELehmann1913441,_III_No._108_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELehmann1913441,_III_No._108-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Wilhelm_Freiherr_von_B%C3%BClow" title="Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow">Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow</a>, Napoleonic-era Prussian general; also received the oak leaves.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELehmann1913261,_II_No._387_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELehmann1913261,_II_No._387-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELehmann1913a105,_III_No._851_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELehmann1913a105,_III_No._851-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Friedrich_von_dem_Knesebeck" title="Karl Friedrich von dem Knesebeck">Karl Friedrich von dem Knesebeck</a>, Napoleonic-era Prussian general (later field marshal); first decorated in 1807,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELehmann1913462,_III_No._143_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELehmann1913462,_III_No._143-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> received the oak leaves in 1814.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELehmann1913a137,_III_No._988_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELehmann1913a137,_III_No._988-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_von_Grolman" title="Karl von Grolman">Karl Wilhelm Georg von Grolman</a>, Napoleonic-era Prussian general; also received the oak leaves.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELehmann1913447,_III_No._117_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELehmann1913447,_III_No._117-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELehmann1913a166,_III_No._1226_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELehmann1913a166,_III_No._1226-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ludwig_Yorck_von_Wartenburg" title="Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg">Ludwig Graf Yorck von Wartenburg</a>, Napoleonic-era Prussian general (later field marshal); also received the oak leaves.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELehmann1913492,_III_No._217_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELehmann1913492,_III_No._217-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELehmann1913a90,_III_No._790_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELehmann1913a90,_III_No._790-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_von_Gneisenau" class="mw-redirect" title="August von Gneisenau">August von Gneisenau</a>, Napoleonic-era Prussian general (later field marshal); first decorated in 1807,<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> received the oak leaves in 1814.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELehmann1913a211,_III_No._1372_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELehmann1913a211,_III_No._1372-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermann_von_Boyen" title="Hermann von Boyen">Hermann von Boyen</a>, Napoleonic-era Prussian general and Minister of War; simultaneously received the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span> and the oak leaves.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELehmann1913a260,_III_No._1654_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELehmann1913a260,_III_No._1654-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernst_von_Pfuel" title="Ernst von Pfuel">Ernst von Pfuel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prussian_Army" title="Prussian Army">Prussian</a> <a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">general</a> and <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Prussia" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Minister of Prussia">Prime Minister of Prussia</a>; decorated in 1814 during the <a href="/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars" title="Napoleonic Wars">Napoleonic Wars</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELehmann1913a342,_III_No._2292_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELehmann1913a342,_III_No._2292-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> received the oak leaves in 1831.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helmuth_von_Moltke_the_Elder" title="Helmuth von Moltke the Elder">Helmuth Graf von Moltke</a>, known as "Moltke the Elder"; first decorated in 1839 as a junior officer;<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he received the oak leaves in 1871<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELehmann1913a517,_V_No._214_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELehmann1913a517,_V_No._214-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Grand Cross in March 1879.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELehmann1913a557,_V_No._302_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELehmann1913a557,_V_No._302-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also inducted into the civil class of the order in 1874.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELehmann1913a586,_VII_No._162_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELehmann1913a586,_VII_No._162-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonhard_Graf_von_Blumenthal" title="Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal">Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal</a>, Prussian general (later field marshal) decorated with the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span> in the 1864 <a href="/wiki/Second_War_of_Schleswig" class="mw-redirect" title="Second War of Schleswig">German-Danish War</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELehmann1913a442,_V_No._9_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELehmann1913a442,_V_No._9-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the oak leaves in the 1866 <a href="/wiki/Austro-Prussian_War" title="Austro-Prussian War">Austro-Prussian War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELehmann1913a467,_V_No._71_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELehmann1913a467,_V_No._71-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1871_to_1914">1871 to 1914</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1871 to 1914"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Otto_von_Bismarck" title="Otto von Bismarck">Otto von Bismarck</a>, Prussian minister president and German chancellor during the unification period; decorated in 1884 with the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span> with oak leaves.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELehmann1913a559,_V_No._305_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELehmann1913a559,_V_No._305-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also inducted into the civil class of the order in 1896.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELehmann1913a592,_VII_No._248_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELehmann1913a592,_VII_No._248-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_von_Caprivi" title="Leo von Caprivi">Leo von Caprivi</a>, Prussian general, decorated in 1871 for merit in the Franco-Prussian War.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELehmann1913a511,_V_No._201_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELehmann1913a511,_V_No._201-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_von_Waldersee" title="Alfred von Waldersee">Alfred Graf von Waldersee</a>, German field marshal, decorated August 1901 with the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span> with oak leaves for his services as Allied Supreme Commander in China 1900–1901<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELehmann1913a569,_VI_No._10_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELehmann1913a569,_VI_No._10-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1914_to_1918_(World_War_I)"><span id="1914_to_1918_.28World_War_I.29"></span>1914 to 1918 (World War I)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1914 to 1918 (World War I)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="German_air_force">German air force</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: German air force"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Max_Immelmann" title="Max Immelmann">Max Immelmann</a>, German flying ace with 15 aerial victories, one of the first aviator recipients along with Oswald Boelcke and namesake of the "Blue Max" and <a href="/wiki/Immelmann_turn" title="Immelmann turn">Immelmann turn</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oswald_Boelcke" title="Oswald Boelcke">Oswald Boelcke</a>, German flying ace with 40 aerial victories, one of the first aviator recipients along with Max Immelmann.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_Frankl" title="Wilhelm Frankl">Wilhelm Frankl</a>, German flying ace with 20 victories, one of the first German Jewish recipients in World War I.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermann_G%C3%B6ring" title="Hermann Göring">Hermann Göring</a>, decorated as an ace pilot in June 1918 finishing World War I with 22 air victories and later the third and final commander of <a href="/wiki/Jagdgeschwader_I_(World_War_I)" title="Jagdgeschwader I (World War I)">Jagdgeschwader I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manfred_von_Richthofen" title="Manfred von Richthofen">Manfred von Richthofen</a>, better known as the "Red Baron", the top-scoring ace of World War I with 80 aerial victories and the first commander of <a href="/wiki/Jagdgeschwader_I_(World_War_I)" title="Jagdgeschwader I (World War I)">Jagdgeschwader I</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lothar_von_Richthofen" title="Lothar von Richthofen">Lothar von Richthofen</a>, German flying ace with 40 victories. Younger brother of Manfred Von Richthofen.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernst_Udet" title="Ernst Udet">Ernst Udet</a>, second-highest-scoring German <a href="/wiki/Flying_ace" title="Flying ace">ace</a> of <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> with 62 victories.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erich_Loewenhardt" title="Erich Loewenhardt">Erich Loewenhardt</a>, third-highest-scoring German ace of World War I with 54 victories.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Werner_Voss" title="Werner Voss">Werner Voss</a>, fourth-highest-scoring German ace of World War I, credited with 48 victories.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josef_Jacobs" title="Josef Jacobs">Josef Jacobs</a>, German flying ace with 48 victories. His total tied him with Werner Voss.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Wintgens" title="Kurt Wintgens">Kurt Wintgens</a>, the first military aviator ever to down an enemy aircraft with a <a href="/wiki/Synchronization_gear" title="Synchronization gear">synchronized machine gun</a>. Credited with 22 aerial victories.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruno_Loerzer" title="Bruno Loerzer">Bruno Loerzer</a>, German flying ace with 44 victories.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julius_Buckler" title="Julius Buckler">Julius Buckler</a>, German flying ace with 36 victories.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gotthard_Sachsenberg" title="Gotthard Sachsenberg">Gotthard Sachsenberg</a>, German flying ace with 31 victories.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Wolff_(aviator)" title="Kurt Wolff (aviator)">Kurt Wolff</a>, German flying ace with 33 victories.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heinrich_Kroll" title="Heinrich Kroll">Heinrich Kroll</a>, German flying ace with 33 victories.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudolf_Berthold" title="Rudolf Berthold">Rudolf Berthold</a>, high-ranking German ace with 44 victories, Was shot to death by German communists in 1920.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Ritter_von_Greim" title="Robert Ritter von Greim">Robert Ritter von Greim</a>, World War I ace with 28 victories and World War II field marshal.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eduard_Ritter_von_Schleich" title="Eduard Ritter von Schleich">Eduard Ritter von Schleich</a>, better known as the "Black Knight", destroyed 35 enemy aircraft.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Menckhoff" title="Carl Menckhoff">Carl Menckhoff</a>, fighter ace, with 39 confirmed victories.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_B%C3%A4umer" title="Paul Bäumer">Paul Bäumer</a>, fighter ace with 43 confirmed victories.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernst_von_Hoeppner" title="Ernst von Hoeppner">Ernst von Hoeppner</a>, Commanding General of the Air Service.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josef_Veltjens" title="Josef Veltjens">Josef Veltjens</a>, German fighter ace, with 35 confirmed victories as lieutenant (reserve).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fritz_P%C3%BCtter" title="Fritz Pütter">Fritz Pütter</a>, German flying ace with 25 victories.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franz_B%C3%BCchner" title="Franz Büchner">Franz Büchner</a>, German flying ace with 40 victories.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Ritter_von_R%C3%B6th" title="Friedrich Ritter von Röth">Friedrich Ritter von Röth</a>, flying ace with 28 confirmed victories, was Germany's top <a href="/wiki/Balloon_buster" title="Balloon buster">Balloon buster</a> of World War I with 20 observer balloons shot down.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heinrich_Gontermann" title="Heinrich Gontermann">Heinrich Gontermann</a>, Ace pilot credited with shooting down 21 aircraft and 18 observation balloons. He was Germany's second best <a href="/wiki/Balloon_buster" title="Balloon buster">Balloon buster</a> of World War I.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hans_Joachim_Buddecke" class="mw-redirect" title="Hans Joachim Buddecke">Hans Joachim Buddecke</a>, German fighter ace in World War I, credited with thirteen victories. He was the third ace, after Max Immelmann and Oswald Boelcke, to earn Pour le Mérite. He fought in Gallipoli to fly the Halberstadt D.II and Fokker E.III with Ottoman FA 6 against the Royal Naval Air Service. The Turkish campaign was successful, with four confirmed victories and seven unconfirmed, and Buddecke was personally awarded the Gold Liakat Medal by Enver Pasha.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="German_army">German army</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: German army"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Erwin_Rommel" title="Erwin Rommel">Erwin Rommel</a>, decorated as an <i>Oberleutnant</i> in December 1917 for service in Italy<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_von_Hindenburg" title="Paul von Hindenburg">Paul von Hindenburg</a>, German field marshal and later President of Germany; awarded the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span> in September 1914 and the oak leaves in February 1915.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erich_Ludendorff" title="Erich Ludendorff">Erich Ludendorff</a>, German general of World War I; awarded the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span> in August 1914, one of the earliest World War I awards, for the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Li%C3%A8ge" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of Liège">Siege of Liège</a>, Belgium; received the oak leaves in February 1915.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rupprecht,_Crown_Prince_of_Bavaria" title="Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria">Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria</a>, German field marshal; awarded the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span> in August 1915 and the oak leaves in December 1916.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albrecht,_Duke_of_W%C3%BCrttemberg" title="Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg">Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg</a>, German field marshal; awarded the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span> in August 1915 and the oak leaves in February 1918.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Werner_von_Blomberg" title="Werner von Blomberg">Werner von Blomberg</a>, decorated as a major in June 1918 and later a Field Marshal General in the Wehrmacht.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fedor_von_Bock" title="Fedor von Bock">Fedor von Bock</a>, Awarded <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span> in 1918 for efforts of leading his battalion at the Somme and Cambrai. Later Field Marshal and commander of Army Group North, Polish campaign, 1939. Commander Army Group B in conquest of Western Europe 1940. Commander Army Group Centre in Russia 1941. Commander Army Group South in Russian Ukraine and Caucasus 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erich_von_Falkenhayn" title="Erich von Falkenhayn">Erich von Falkenhayn</a>, Chief of the German General Staff from 1914 to 1916; awarded the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span> in February 1915 and the oak leaves in June 1915.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oskar_von_Hutier" title="Oskar von Hutier">Oskar von Hutier</a>, German general awarded the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span> in September 1917 and the oak leaves in March 1918.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georg_Bruchm%C3%BCller" title="Georg Bruchmüller">Georg Bruchmüller</a>, German colonel and artillery officer in von Hutier's 8th Army.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_von_Lettow-Vorbeck" title="Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck">Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck</a>, German general who led the German <a href="/wiki/Schutztruppe" title="Schutztruppe">Schutztruppe</a> in the <a href="/wiki/East_African_Campaign_(World_War_I)" class="mw-redirect" title="East African Campaign (World War I)">guerrilla campaign in German East Africa</a>; awarded the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span> in November 1916 and the oak leaves in October 1917.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otto_Liman_von_Sanders" title="Otto Liman von Sanders">Otto Liman von Sanders</a>, German general who served as adviser and commander of Ottoman forces in World War I; awarded the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span> and the oak leaves simultaneously in January 1916 for his role in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gallipoli" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Gallipoli">Battle of Gallipoli</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fritz_von_Lossberg" class="mw-redirect" title="Fritz von Lossberg">Fritz von Lossberg</a>, World War I master-strategist; expert in the <a href="/wiki/Defence_in_depth" title="Defence in depth">Defence in depth</a>. Awarded 21 September 1916 (Somme); oak leaves on 24 April 1917 (Arras).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_von_Mackensen" title="August von Mackensen">August von Mackensen</a>, German general (later field marshal) of World War I; awarded the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span> in November 1914 and the oak leaves in June 1915.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helmuth_von_Moltke_the_Younger" title="Helmuth von Moltke the Younger">Helmuth Johann Ludwig von Moltke</a>, Chief of the German General Staff at the outbreak of World War I. Nephew of Moltke the Elder.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Freiherr_Kress_von_Kressenstein" title="Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein">Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein</a>, German officer in the Near East campaigns of World War I.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otto_von_Garnier" title="Otto von Garnier">Otto von Garnier</a>, German General of the Cavalry awarded the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span> in October 1916.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Max_Hoffmann" title="Max Hoffmann">Max Hoffmann</a>, German staff officer; awarded the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span> in October 1916 and the oak leaves in July 1917.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hans_von_Seeckt" title="Hans von Seeckt">Hans von Seeckt</a>, German staff officer in World War I; awarded the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span> in May 1915 and the oak leaves in November 1915.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernst_J%C3%BCnger" title="Ernst Jünger">Ernst Jünger</a>, Army Lieutenant and later novelist, the last living holder of the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span> at the time of his death in 1998.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_Sch%C3%B6rner" title="Ferdinand Schörner">Ferdinand Schörner</a>, decorated as a <i>Leutnant</i> in December 1917, later a field marshal in World War II.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heinrich_Kirchheim" title="Heinrich Kirchheim">Heinrich Kirchheim</a>, Company Commander of Jäger-Bataillon Number 10 and a Generalleutnant in World War II. Awarded in October 1918.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johann_von_Ravenstein" title="Johann von Ravenstein">Johann von Ravenstein</a>, German officer. In May 1918 his battalion broke through the opposing line at Soissons. After capturing the notorious Chemin des Dames, he succeeded, with 10 soldiers, in capturing the bridge over the Aisne at Bourg intact. His troops took 1500 prisoners and captured 32 cannons. Later served in the Afrika Korps.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_von_Falkenhausen" title="Alexander von Falkenhausen">Alexander von Falkenhausen</a>, German colonel, for victories in two Jordan battles in March and May 1918 against British troops.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="German_navy">German navy</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: German navy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Henning_von_Holtzendorff" title="Henning von Holtzendorff">Henning von Holtzendorff</a>, German <a href="/wiki/Grand_Admiral" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Admiral">Grand Admiral</a>, decorated in March 1916.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_von_Tirpitz" title="Alfred von Tirpitz">Alfred von Tirpitz</a>, German <a href="/wiki/Grand_Admiral" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Admiral">Grand Admiral</a>, decorated in August 1915.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reinhard_Scheer" title="Reinhard Scheer">Reinhard Scheer</a>, German admiral and commander of German naval forces in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Jutland" title="Battle of Jutland">Battle of Jutland</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franz_von_Hipper" title="Franz von Hipper">Franz Hipper</a>, German admiral.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikolaus_Burggraf_und_Graf_zu_Dohna-Schlodien" class="mw-redirect" title="Nikolaus Burggraf und Graf zu Dohna-Schlodien">Nikolaus Burggraf und Graf zu Dohna-Schlodien</a>, German <a href="/wiki/Auxiliary_cruiser" class="mw-redirect" title="Auxiliary cruiser">auxiliary cruiser</a> commander; one of only two junior officers to receive the highest military honors of the five main German states.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_August_Nerger" title="Karl August Nerger">Karl August Nerger</a>, German <a href="/wiki/Auxiliary_cruiser" class="mw-redirect" title="Auxiliary cruiser">auxiliary cruiser</a> commander; one of only two junior officers to receive the highest military honors of the five main German states.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_von_M%C3%BCller" title="Karl von Müller">Karl Friedrich Max von Müller</a>, captain of the famous German commerce raider, the light cruiser <a href="/wiki/SMS_Emden" title="SMS Emden"><i>Emden</i></a> during the first few months of World War I.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Felix_von_Luckner" title="Felix von Luckner">Felix von Luckner</a>, captain of the <a href="/wiki/SMS_Seeadler_(1888)" title="SMS Seeadler (1888)"><i>Seeadler</i></a>, a sailing ship used as a commerce raider.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lothar_von_Arnauld_de_la_Peri%C3%A8re" title="Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière">Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière</a>, German U-boat commander during the First World War, awarded the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span> in the autumn of 1916 for sinking 200,000 tonnes of Allied shipping.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walther_Forstmann" title="Walther Forstmann">Walther Forstmann</a>, successful German <a href="/wiki/U-boat" title="U-boat">U-boat</a> Ace and later staff officer in the <a href="/wiki/Kriegsmarine" title="Kriegsmarine">Kriegsmarine</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walther_Schwieger" title="Walther Schwieger">Walther Schwieger</a>, German <a href="/wiki/U-boat" title="U-boat">U-boat</a> commander who sank the British liner <a href="/wiki/RMS_Lusitania" title="RMS Lusitania">RMS <i>Lusitania</i></a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_Anton_Souchon" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilhelm Anton Souchon">Wilhelm Anton Souchon</a>, German Vice Admiral serving in the Black Sea in World War I.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theo_Osterkamp" title="Theo Osterkamp">Theo Osterkamp</a>, Naval observer and later a fighter pilot who claimed 32 victories in World War I. He also scored six victories in World War II and became an air force general.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otto_Weddigen" title="Otto Weddigen">Otto Weddigen</a>, German U-boat commander of World War I.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Christiansen" title="Friedrich Christiansen">Friedrich Christiansen</a>, decorated as Naval Pilot with 13 victories and 8 shared, <i>Oberleutnant</i> on 11 December 1917.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otto_Hersing" title="Otto Hersing">Otto Hersing</a>, commander of <a href="/wiki/SM_U-21_(Germany)" title="SM U-21 (Germany)">U-21</a>, the first U-boat to sink an enemy ship using a self-propelled locomotive torpedo. Awarded on 5 June 1915.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Behncke" title="Paul Behncke">Paul Behncke</a>, German admiral.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Civil_class">Civil class</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Civil class"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 125%; background-color: #DAEFFF; text-align: center;"><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span><br /><small>(Civil class)</small><br /></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Orden_Pour_le_Merite_Vredesklasse.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Orden_Pour_le_Merite_Vredesklasse.jpg/200px-Orden_Pour_le_Merite_Vredesklasse.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="264" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Orden_Pour_le_Merite_Vredesklasse.jpg/300px-Orden_Pour_le_Merite_Vredesklasse.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Orden_Pour_le_Merite_Vredesklasse.jpg/400px-Orden_Pour_le_Merite_Vredesklasse.jpg 2x" data-file-width="449" data-file-height="593" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Order of Merit</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>31 May 1842 (separate class)<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1952 (<i>re-established</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Kingdom of Prussia</li> <li>West Germany</li> <li>Germany</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Eligibility</th><td class="infobox-data">Domestic and foreign persons</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awarded for</th><td class="infobox-data">Men and women who through widespread recognition for their contributions to science and art have made an eminent name for themselves</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data">Extant</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_William_IV_of_Prussia" title="Frederick William IV of Prussia">Frederick William IV of Prussia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Chancellor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hermann_Parzinger" title="Hermann Parzinger">Hermann Parzinger</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.orden-pourlemerite.de/">www<wbr />.orden-pourlemerite<wbr />.de</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #DAEFFF">Statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First induction</th><td class="infobox-data">31 May 1842 (separate class)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:D-PRU_Pour_le_Merite_1_BAR.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/D-PRU_Pour_le_Merite_1_BAR.svg/125px-D-PRU_Pour_le_Merite_1_BAR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/D-PRU_Pour_le_Merite_1_BAR.svg/188px-D-PRU_Pour_le_Merite_1_BAR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/D-PRU_Pour_le_Merite_1_BAR.svg/250px-D-PRU_Pour_le_Merite_1_BAR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span><br />Ribbon bar of the order<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In 1842, King <a href="/wiki/Frederick_William_IV_of_Prussia" title="Frederick William IV of Prussia">Frederick William IV of Prussia</a>, appointed <a href="/wiki/Alexander_von_Humboldt" title="Alexander von Humboldt">Alexander von Humboldt</a> Chancellor of the Order of Merit<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with powers to recommend candidates to this new civil class of the Order Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts (<i>Orden Pour le Mérite für Wissenschaften und Künste</i>), with the three sections: <a href="/wiki/Humanities" title="Humanities">humanities</a>, <a href="/wiki/Natural_science" title="Natural science">natural science</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fine_arts" class="mw-redirect" title="Fine arts">fine arts</a>. When a vacancy occurred the Academy of Arts and Sciences nominated three candidates, one of whom the king appointed. </p><p>In November 1918 the Kingdom of Prussia came to an end, and with it that state's sponsorship of the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span>. However, unlike the military class of the order, the class of the order for achievements in <a href="/wiki/The_arts" title="The arts">the arts</a> and sciences did not come to an end. The members re-established their order as an autonomous organization, with revised rules and processes for nomination. </p><p>The awarding of new memberships resumed in 1923. Recipients included <a href="/wiki/Albert_Einstein" title="Albert Einstein">Albert Einstein</a> (1923), <a href="/wiki/K%C3%A4the_Kollwitz" title="Käthe Kollwitz">Käthe Kollwitz</a> (1929) and <a href="/wiki/Ernst_Barlach" title="Ernst Barlach">Ernst Barlach</a> (1933). </p><p>During the era of National Socialism in Germany (1933–45), the order was re-absorbed into the state honours system, and the list of its members was reviewed and revised according to the policies of the new government. A number of Jews and other perceived dissidents or "enemies" of the state were deprived of their awards by the Nazi regime. They included Einstein (who resigned his membership in the order in 1933, and refused invitations to renew it after the war), Kollwitz, and Barlach. Such actions were later repudiated by both the order and the postwar German government. </p><p>In 1952, the order was re-established again in <a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">West Germany</a> with assistance of Federal President <a href="/wiki/Theodor_Heuss" title="Theodor Heuss">Theodor Heuss</a>, – now as an independent organization with state recognition and the President of the German Federal Republic as Protector of the Order. However, unlike the somewhat similar <a href="/wiki/Bundesverdienstkreuz" class="mw-redirect" title="Bundesverdienstkreuz">Bundesverdienstkreuz</a> (Federal Cross of Merit), also established by Heuss, it is not a state order. </p><p>The revived civil order of the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span> is awarded for achievements in the arts and sciences. Active membership is limited to 40 German citizens, ten each in the fields of humanities, natural science, and medicine and the arts. Honorary membership can be conferred on foreigners, again to the limit of 40. When a vacancy occurs, the remaining members select a new inductee.<sup id="cite_ref-H_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-H-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_recipients_of_the_civil_class">Notable recipients of the civil class</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Notable recipients of the civil class"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_recipients_of_the_Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite_for_Sciences_and_Arts" title="List of recipients of the Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts">List of recipients of the Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts</a></div> <p>Among famous recipients of the civil class of the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span> in the first group of awards in 1842 were <a href="/wiki/Alexander_von_Humboldt" title="Alexander von Humboldt">Alexander von Humboldt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carl_Friedrich_Gauss" title="Carl Friedrich Gauss">Carl Friedrich Gauss</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jakob_Grimm" class="mw-redirect" title="Jakob Grimm">Jakob Grimm</a>, <a href="/wiki/Felix_Mendelssohn" title="Felix Mendelssohn">Felix Mendelssohn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Wilhelm_Joseph_Schelling" title="Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling">Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling</a> and <a href="/wiki/August_Wilhelm_Schlegel" title="August Wilhelm Schlegel">August Wilhelm Schlegel</a>. Foreign recipients in the "class of 1842" included <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Ren%C3%A9_de_Chateaubriand" title="François-René de Chateaubriand">François-René de Chateaubriand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Faraday" title="Michael Faraday">Michael Faraday</a> and <a href="/wiki/Franz_Liszt" title="Franz Liszt">Franz Liszt</a>. </p><p>Later recipients included <a href="/wiki/Theodor_Mommsen" title="Theodor Mommsen">Theodor Mommsen</a> (1868), <a href="/wiki/Charles_Darwin" title="Charles Darwin">Charles Darwin</a> (1868), <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Carlyle" title="Thomas Carlyle">Thomas Carlyle</a> (1874), <a href="/wiki/William_Thomson,_Lord_Kelvin" class="mw-redirect" title="William Thomson, Lord Kelvin">William Thomson, Lord Kelvin</a> (1884), <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Lister" title="Joseph Lister">Joseph Lister</a> (1885) <a href="/wiki/Johannes_Brahms" title="Johannes Brahms">Johannes Brahms</a> (1887), <a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Verdi" title="Giuseppe Verdi">Giuseppe Verdi</a> (1887), <a href="/wiki/Hubert_von_Herkomer" title="Hubert von Herkomer">Hubert von Herkomer</a> (1899), <a href="/wiki/Camille_Saint-Sa%C3%ABns" title="Camille Saint-Saëns">Camille Saint-Saëns</a> (1901), <a href="/wiki/John_Singer_Sargent" title="John Singer Sargent">John Singer Sargent</a> (1908), <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_von_Zeppelin" title="Ferdinand von Zeppelin">Ferdinand von Zeppelin</a> (1910), <a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_Conrad_R%C3%B6ntgen" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen">Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen</a> (1911), <a href="/wiki/Sir_William_Ramsay" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir William Ramsay">Sir William Ramsay</a> (1911), and <a href="/wiki/Max_Planck" title="Max Planck">Max Planck</a> (1915). </p><p>New members of the revised order in 1923 included <a href="/wiki/Albert_Einstein" title="Albert Einstein">Albert Einstein</a> (1923), <a href="/wiki/Gerhart_Hauptmann" title="Gerhart Hauptmann">Gerhart Hauptmann</a> (1923), <a href="/wiki/Richard_Strauss" title="Richard Strauss">Richard Strauss</a> (1924), <a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_Furtw%C3%A4ngler" title="Wilhelm Furtwängler">Wilhelm Furtwängler</a> (1929), and <a href="/wiki/K%C3%A4the_Kollwitz" title="Käthe Kollwitz">Käthe Kollwitz</a> (1929). </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:James_J._Sheehan,_Pour_le_Merite_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/James_J._Sheehan%2C_Pour_le_Merite_2014.jpg/200px-James_J._Sheehan%2C_Pour_le_Merite_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="210" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/James_J._Sheehan%2C_Pour_le_Merite_2014.jpg/300px-James_J._Sheehan%2C_Pour_le_Merite_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/James_J._Sheehan%2C_Pour_le_Merite_2014.jpg/400px-James_J._Sheehan%2C_Pour_le_Merite_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3614" data-file-height="3793" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/James_J._Sheehan" title="James J. Sheehan">James J. Sheehan</a> wearing his <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span> in 2014</figcaption></figure> <p>Among those inducted in 1952 were <a href="/wiki/Otto_Heinrich_Warburg" title="Otto Heinrich Warburg">Otto Heinrich Warburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Otto_Hahn" title="Otto Hahn">Otto Hahn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Hindemith" title="Paul Hindemith">Paul Hindemith</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Emil_Nolde" title="Emil Nolde">Emil Nolde</a>. </p><p>Later recipients include <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Compton" title="Arthur Compton">Arthur Compton</a> (1954), <a href="/wiki/Hermann_Hesse" title="Hermann Hesse">Hermann Hesse</a> (1954), <a href="/wiki/Albert_Schweitzer" title="Albert Schweitzer">Albert Schweitzer</a> (1954), <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Mann" title="Thomas Mann">Thomas Mann</a> (1955), <a href="/wiki/Oskar_Kokoschka" title="Oskar Kokoschka">Oskar Kokoschka</a> (1955), <a href="/wiki/Carl_Orff" title="Carl Orff">Carl Orff</a> (1956), <a href="/wiki/Erwin_Schr%C3%B6dinger" title="Erwin Schrödinger">Erwin Schrödinger</a> (1956), <a href="/wiki/Thornton_Wilder" title="Thornton Wilder">Thornton Wilder</a> (1956), <a href="/wiki/Werner_Heisenberg" title="Werner Heisenberg">Werner Heisenberg</a> (1957), <a href="/wiki/Lise_Meitner" title="Lise Meitner">Lise Meitner</a> (1957), <a href="/wiki/Ludwig_Mies_van_der_Rohe" title="Ludwig Mies van der Rohe">Ludwig Mies van der Rohe</a> (1957), <a href="/wiki/Felix_Bloch" title="Felix Bloch">Felix Bloch</a> (1959), <a href="/wiki/Carl_Friedrich_von_Weizs%C3%A4cker" title="Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker">Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker</a> (1961), <a href="/wiki/Karl_Jaspers" title="Karl Jaspers">Karl Jaspers</a> (1964), <a href="/wiki/Otto_Klemperer" title="Otto Klemperer">Otto Klemperer</a> (1967), <a href="/wiki/Carl_Zuckmayer" title="Carl Zuckmayer">Carl Zuckmayer</a> (1967), <a href="/wiki/Henry_Moore" title="Henry Moore">Henry Moore</a> (1972), <a href="/wiki/Karl_Popper" title="Karl Popper">Karl Popper</a> (1980), <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Kleiber" title="Carlos Kleiber">Carlos Kleiber</a> (1990), <a href="/wiki/Witold_Lutos%C5%82awski" title="Witold Lutosławski">Witold Lutosławski</a> (1993), <a href="/wiki/Rudolf_M%C3%B6%C3%9Fbauer" class="mw-redirect" title="Rudolf Mößbauer">Rudolf Mößbauer</a> (1996), <a href="/wiki/Christiane_N%C3%BCsslein-Volhard" title="Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard">Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard</a> (1997), <a href="/wiki/Umberto_Eco" title="Umberto Eco">Umberto Eco</a> (1998), <a href="/wiki/Hans_Magnus_Enzensberger" title="Hans Magnus Enzensberger">Hans Magnus Enzensberger</a> (1999), <a href="/wiki/Wim_Wenders" title="Wim Wenders">Wim Wenders</a> (2005), <a href="/wiki/James_J._Sheehan" title="James J. Sheehan">James J. Sheehan</a> (2006), and <a href="/wiki/Svante_P%C3%A4%C3%A4bo" title="Svante Pääbo">Svante Pääbo</a> (2008). </p><p>More recent recipients were <a href="/wiki/Gidon_Kremer" title="Gidon Kremer">Gidon Kremer</a> (2016), <a href="/wiki/Emmanuelle_Charpentier" title="Emmanuelle Charpentier">Emmanuelle Charpentier</a> (2017), <a href="/wiki/Heinz_Holliger" title="Heinz Holliger">Heinz Holliger</a> (2018), Sir <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Clark" title="Christopher Clark">Christopher Clark</a> (2019), and <a href="/wiki/Herta_M%C3%BCller" title="Herta Müller">Herta Müller</a> (2021). </p><p>As of 2021<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, 14 <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize" title="Nobel Prize">Nobel Prize</a> laureates were member of the order.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Similar_orders_in_other_countries">Similar orders in other countries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Similar orders in other countries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Besides Prussia, several other states of the former German Empire also conferred similar awards for the arts and sciences. These included the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Bavaria" title="Kingdom of Bavaria">Kingdom of Bavaria</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Bavarian_Maximilian_Order_for_Science_and_Art" title="Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art">Maximilian Order for Art and Science</a> (<i>Maximiliansorden für Kunst und Wissenschaft</i>), the <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Anhalt" title="Duchy of Anhalt">Duchy of Anhalt</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Merit_for_Science_and_Art" title="Order of Merit for Science and Art">Order of Merit for Science and Art</a> (<i>Verdienstorden für Wissenschaft und Kunst</i>), and the <a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Lippe" title="Principality of Lippe">Principality of Lippe</a>'s Lippe Rose Order for Art and Science (<i>Lippische Rose, Orden für Kunst und Wissenschaft</i>). </p><p>A number of other countries have founded similar high civic honours for accomplishments in the arts and sciences. The sovereign of the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realms</a> confers the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Merit" title="Order of Merit">Order of Merit</a> and <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Companions_of_Honour" title="Order of the Companions of Honour">Order of the Companions of Honour</a>. The Republic of <a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a> confers the <a href="/wiki/%C3%96sterreichisches_Ehrenzeichen_f%C3%BCr_Wissenschaft_und_Kunst" class="mw-redirect" title="Österreichisches Ehrenzeichen für Wissenschaft und Kunst">Austrian Decoration of Honour for Science and the Arts</a>, founded in 1955. Like the Order Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts, this was in a sense a revival of an earlier imperial award, in this case the Austro-Hungarian Decoration of Honour for Art and Science (<i>Österreichisch-Ungarisches Ehrenzeichen für Kunst und Wissenschaft</i>), which existed from 1887 to 1918. Unlike the German award, the design of the modern Austrian award is unlike that of its imperial predecessor. <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> has the <a href="/wiki/Ordre_des_Arts_et_des_Lettres" title="Ordre des Arts et des Lettres">Ordre des Arts et des Lettres</a> for significant contributions to the arts and literature. In <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a> the <a href="/wiki/Medal_for_Merit_to_Culture_%E2%80%93_Gloria_Artis" class="mw-redirect" title="Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis">Gloria Artis</a> Medal has been established for the same purpose. </p><p>Other countries also may recognise accomplishments in the arts and sciences, but with more general orders also awarded for accomplishments in other fields. <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>'s <a href="/wiki/L%C3%A9gion_d%27honneur" class="mw-redirect" title="Légion d'honneur">Légion d'honneur</a> is an example of a decoration often conferred for accomplishment in many fields, including the arts and sciences. <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a> awards either its <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Leopold_(Belgium)" title="Order of Leopold (Belgium)">Order of Leopold</a> or <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Crown_(Belgium)" title="Order of the Crown (Belgium)">Order of the Crown</a> for outstanding accomplishments in the arts and sciences, and may award its Civil Decoration for lesser accomplishments in these fields. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recipients_of_both_classes">Recipients of both classes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Recipients of both classes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Only a small number of persons have received both the military and civil classes of the <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Pour le Mérite</i></span>: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Helmuth_von_Moltke_the_Elder" title="Helmuth von Moltke the Elder">Helmuth von Moltke the Elder</a>, military class 1839, civil class 1874</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Otto_von_Bismarck" title="Otto von Bismarck">Otto von Bismarck</a>, military class 1884,<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> civil class 1896<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermann_von_Kuhl" title="Hermann von Kuhl">Hermann von Kuhl</a>, military class 1916, civil class 1924<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite_(film)" title="Pour le Mérite (film)">Pour le Mérite (film)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Blue_Max" title="The Blue Max">The Blue Max</a></i>, a 1966 film</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>Includes material from the <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite" class="extiw" title="de:Pour le Mérite">German-language Wikipedia version</a> of this article</i></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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Vol. 1. Berlin: <a href="/wiki/E.S._Mittler_%26_Sohn" title="E.S. Mittler & Sohn">Ernst Siegfried Mittler & Sohn</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Die+Ritter+des+Ordens+pour+le+m%C3%A9rite+1740%E2%80%931811&rft.place=Berlin&rft.pub=Ernst+Siegfried+Mittler+%26+Sohn&rft.date=1913&rft.aulast=Lehmann&rft.aufirst=Gustaf&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fgdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de%2Fid%2FPPN13580860X&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APour+le+M%C3%A9rite" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLehmann1913a" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Lehmann, Gustaf (1913a). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN135808618"><i>Die Ritter des Ordens pour le mérite 1812–1913</i></a> (in German). Vol. 2. Berlin: Ernst Siegfried Mittler & Sohn.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Die+Ritter+des+Ordens+pour+le+m%C3%A9rite+1812%E2%80%931913&rft.place=Berlin&rft.pub=Ernst+Siegfried+Mittler+%26+Sohn&rft.date=1913&rft.aulast=Lehmann&rft.aufirst=Gustaf&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fgdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de%2Fid%2FPPN135808618&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APour+le+M%C3%A9rite" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFuhrmann1992" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Fuhrmann, Horst (1992). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200219084154/http://www.orden-pourlemerite.de/plm/pdf/Ueber_die_Sichtbarmachung_von_Verdiensten.pdf"><i>Pour le Mérite, Über die Sichtbarmachung von Verdiensten</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (in German). Sigmaringen: Thorbecke. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-7995-4159-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-3-7995-4159-6"><bdi>978-3-7995-4159-6</bdi></a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.orden-pourlemerite.de/plm/pdf/Ueber_die_Sichtbarmachung_von_Verdiensten.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 19 February 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">13 September</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Pour+le+M%C3%A9rite%2C+%C3%9Cber+die+Sichtbarmachung+von+Verdiensten&rft.place=Sigmaringen&rft.pub=Thorbecke&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=978-3-7995-4159-6&rft.aulast=Fuhrmann&rft.aufirst=Horst&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.orden-pourlemerite.de%2Fplm%2Fpdf%2FUeber_die_Sichtbarmachung_von_Verdiensten.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APour+le+M%C3%A9rite" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHoeftmann1868" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Hoeftmann, F.W. (1868). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=kP5BAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA31"><i>Der Preußische Ordens-Herold: Zusammenstellung sämmtlicher Urkunden, Statuten und Verordnungen über die preußischen Orden und Ehrenzeichen</i></a> (in German). Mittler<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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href="/wiki/Order_of_August_First" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of August First">Order of August First</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(China)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Duke_Domagoj" title="Order of Duke Domagoj">Order of Duke Domagoj</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Croatia)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valour_Cross" title="Valour Cross">Valour Cross</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Denmark)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cross_of_Liberty_(Estonia)" title="Cross of Liberty (Estonia)">Cross of Liberty</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Estonia)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mannerheim_Cross" title="Mannerheim Cross">Mannerheim Cross</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Finland)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Honour" title="Legion of Honour">Légion d'honneur</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(France)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bundeswehr_Cross_of_Honour_for_Valour" title="Bundeswehr Cross of Honour for Valour">Cross of Honour for Valour</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Germany)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cross_of_Valour_(Greece)" title="Cross of Valour (Greece)">Cross of Valour</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Greece)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Param_Vir_Chakra" title="Param Vir Chakra">Param Vir Chakra</a> (wartime) / <a href="/wiki/Ashoka_Chakra_(military_decoration)" title="Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)">Ashoka Chakra</a> (peacetime) <span style="font-size:85%;">(India)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Fath" title="Order of Fath">Order of Fat'h</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Iran)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Medal_for_Gallantry" title="Military Medal for Gallantry">Military Medal for Gallantry</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Ireland)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Valor_(Israel)" title="Medal of Valor (Israel)">Medal of Valor</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Israel)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gold_Medal_of_Military_Valor" title="Gold Medal of Military Valor">Gold Medal of 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Gro%C3%9Fherzoglich_Hessischer_Verdienstorden_-_ribbon_bar.png/66px-Gro%C3%9Fherzoglich_Hessischer_Verdienstorden_-_ribbon_bar.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Gro%C3%9Fherzoglich_Hessischer_Verdienstorden_-_ribbon_bar.png/88px-Gro%C3%9Fherzoglich_Hessischer_Verdienstorden_-_ribbon_bar.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Philip_the_Magnanimous" title="Order of Philip the Magnanimous">Order of Philip the Magnanimous</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Order_of_the_Star_of_Brabant_(Hesse)_-_ribbon_bar.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Order_of_the_Star_of_Brabant_%28Hesse%29_-_ribbon_bar.png/44px-Order_of_the_Star_of_Brabant_%28Hesse%29_-_ribbon_bar.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Order_of_the_Star_of_Brabant_%28Hesse%29_-_ribbon_bar.png/66px-Order_of_the_Star_of_Brabant_%28Hesse%29_-_ribbon_bar.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Order_of_the_Star_of_Brabant_%28Hesse%29_-_ribbon_bar.png/88px-Order_of_the_Star_of_Brabant_%28Hesse%29_-_ribbon_bar.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Star_of_Brabant" title="Order of the Star of Brabant">Order of the Star of Brabant</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:436px_ribbon_bar_of_the_General_Honor_Decoration.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/436px_ribbon_bar_of_the_General_Honor_Decoration.svg/44px-436px_ribbon_bar_of_the_General_Honor_Decoration.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/436px_ribbon_bar_of_the_General_Honor_Decoration.svg/66px-436px_ribbon_bar_of_the_General_Honor_Decoration.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/436px_ribbon_bar_of_the_General_Honor_Decoration.svg/88px-436px_ribbon_bar_of_the_General_Honor_Decoration.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="436" data-file-height="120" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/General_Honor_Decoration_(Hesse)" title="General Honor Decoration (Hesse)">General Honor Decoration</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Landgraviate_of_Hesse-Kassel" title="Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel">Landgraviate of<br />Hesse-Kassel</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:House_Order_of_the_Golden_Lion_-_Knight_(Hesse-Kassel)_-_ribbon_bar.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/House_Order_of_the_Golden_Lion_-_Knight_%28Hesse-Kassel%29_-_ribbon_bar.png/44px-House_Order_of_the_Golden_Lion_-_Knight_%28Hesse-Kassel%29_-_ribbon_bar.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/House_Order_of_the_Golden_Lion_-_Knight_%28Hesse-Kassel%29_-_ribbon_bar.png/66px-House_Order_of_the_Golden_Lion_-_Knight_%28Hesse-Kassel%29_-_ribbon_bar.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/House_Order_of_the_Golden_Lion_-_Knight_%28Hesse-Kassel%29_-_ribbon_bar.png/88px-House_Order_of_the_Golden_Lion_-_Knight_%28Hesse-Kassel%29_-_ribbon_bar.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> House Order of the Golden Lion</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HES_Order_of_Wilhelm_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/HES_Order_of_Wilhelm_ribbon.svg/44px-HES_Order_of_Wilhelm_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/HES_Order_of_Wilhelm_ribbon.svg/66px-HES_Order_of_Wilhelm_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/HES_Order_of_Wilhelm_ribbon.svg/88px-HES_Order_of_Wilhelm_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Wilhelmsorden" title="Wilhelmsorden">Wilhelm Order</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HES_Order_of_the_Iron_Helmet_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/HES_Order_of_the_Iron_Helmet_ribbon.svg/44px-HES_Order_of_the_Iron_Helmet_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/HES_Order_of_the_Iron_Helmet_ribbon.svg/66px-HES_Order_of_the_Iron_Helmet_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/HES_Order_of_the_Iron_Helmet_ribbon.svg/88px-HES_Order_of_the_Iron_Helmet_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Iron_Helmet" title="Order of the Iron Helmet">Order of the Iron Helmet</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Landgraviate_of_Hesse-Darmstadt" title="Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt">Landgraviate of<br />Hesse-Darmstadt</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gro%C3%9Fherzoglich_Hessischer_Verdienstorden_-_ribbon_bar.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Gro%C3%9Fherzoglich_Hessischer_Verdienstorden_-_ribbon_bar.png/44px-Gro%C3%9Fherzoglich_Hessischer_Verdienstorden_-_ribbon_bar.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Gro%C3%9Fherzoglich_Hessischer_Verdienstorden_-_ribbon_bar.png/66px-Gro%C3%9Fherzoglich_Hessischer_Verdienstorden_-_ribbon_bar.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Gro%C3%9Fherzoglich_Hessischer_Verdienstorden_-_ribbon_bar.png/88px-Gro%C3%9Fherzoglich_Hessischer_Verdienstorden_-_ribbon_bar.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Philip_the_Magnanimous" title="Order of Philip the Magnanimous">Order of Philip the Magnanimous</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Mecklenburg-Schwerin" title="Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin">Grand Duchy of<br />Mecklenburg-Schwerin</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Order_of_the_Griffon_-_Ribbon_bar.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Order_of_the_Griffon_-_Ribbon_bar.svg/44px-Order_of_the_Griffon_-_Ribbon_bar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Order_of_the_Griffon_-_Ribbon_bar.svg/66px-Order_of_the_Griffon_-_Ribbon_bar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Order_of_the_Griffon_-_Ribbon_bar.svg/88px-Order_of_the_Griffon_-_Ribbon_bar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Griffon_(Mecklenburg)" title="Order of the Griffon (Mecklenburg)">Order of the Griffon (Mecklenburg)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1000px_Ribbon_of_the_House_Order_of_the_Wendish_Crown.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/1000px_Ribbon_of_the_House_Order_of_the_Wendish_Crown.svg/40px-1000px_Ribbon_of_the_House_Order_of_the_Wendish_Crown.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/1000px_Ribbon_of_the_House_Order_of_the_Wendish_Crown.svg/60px-1000px_Ribbon_of_the_House_Order_of_the_Wendish_Crown.svg.png 1.5x, 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Order_of_the_Griffon_-_Ribbon_bar.svg/44px-Order_of_the_Griffon_-_Ribbon_bar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Order_of_the_Griffon_-_Ribbon_bar.svg/66px-Order_of_the_Griffon_-_Ribbon_bar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Order_of_the_Griffon_-_Ribbon_bar.svg/88px-Order_of_the_Griffon_-_Ribbon_bar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> Order of the Griffon (Mecklenburg)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1000px_Ribbon_of_the_House_Order_of_the_Wendish_Crown.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/1000px_Ribbon_of_the_House_Order_of_the_Wendish_Crown.svg/40px-1000px_Ribbon_of_the_House_Order_of_the_Wendish_Crown.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/1000px_Ribbon_of_the_House_Order_of_the_Wendish_Crown.svg/60px-1000px_Ribbon_of_the_House_Order_of_the_Wendish_Crown.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/1000px_Ribbon_of_the_House_Order_of_the_Wendish_Crown.svg/80px-1000px_Ribbon_of_the_House_Order_of_the_Wendish_Crown.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> House Order of the Wendish Crown</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Oldenburg" title="Grand Duchy of Oldenburg">Grand Duchy of Oldenburg</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ord.Pietr.Fed.Luigi.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Ord.Pietr.Fed.Luigi.PNG/44px-Ord.Pietr.Fed.Luigi.PNG" decoding="async" width="44" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Ord.Pietr.Fed.Luigi.PNG/66px-Ord.Pietr.Fed.Luigi.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Ord.Pietr.Fed.Luigi.PNG/88px-Ord.Pietr.Fed.Luigi.PNG 2x" data-file-width="219" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/House_and_Merit_Order_of_Peter_Frederick_Louis" title="House and Merit Order of Peter Frederick Louis">House and Merit Order of Peter Frederick Louis</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Friedrich-August_Cross_-_military_(Oldenburg)_-_ribbon_bar.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Friedrich-August_Cross_-_military_%28Oldenburg%29_-_ribbon_bar.png/44px-Friedrich-August_Cross_-_military_%28Oldenburg%29_-_ribbon_bar.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Friedrich-August_Cross_-_military_%28Oldenburg%29_-_ribbon_bar.png/66px-Friedrich-August_Cross_-_military_%28Oldenburg%29_-_ribbon_bar.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Friedrich-August_Cross_-_military_%28Oldenburg%29_-_ribbon_bar.png/88px-Friedrich-August_Cross_-_military_%28Oldenburg%29_-_ribbon_bar.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Friedrich-August_Cross_-_civil_(Oldenburg)_-_ribbon_bar.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Friedrich-August_Cross_-_civil_%28Oldenburg%29_-_ribbon_bar.png/44px-Friedrich-August_Cross_-_civil_%28Oldenburg%29_-_ribbon_bar.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Friedrich-August_Cross_-_civil_%28Oldenburg%29_-_ribbon_bar.png/66px-Friedrich-August_Cross_-_civil_%28Oldenburg%29_-_ribbon_bar.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Friedrich-August_Cross_-_civil_%28Oldenburg%29_-_ribbon_bar.png/88px-Friedrich-August_Cross_-_civil_%28Oldenburg%29_-_ribbon_bar.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Friedrich-August-Kreuz" title="Friedrich-August-Kreuz">Friedrich-August Cross</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Saxe-Weimar" class="mw-redirect" title="Duchy of Saxe-Weimar">Duchy of 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href="/wiki/Order_of_Henry_the_Lion" title="Order of Henry the Lion">Order of Henry the Lion</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Nassau" title="Duchy of Nassau">Duchy of Nassau</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Order_of_the_Golden_Lion_of_Nassau_Ribbon_bar.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Order_of_the_Golden_Lion_of_Nassau_Ribbon_bar.svg/44px-Order_of_the_Golden_Lion_of_Nassau_Ribbon_bar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Order_of_the_Golden_Lion_of_Nassau_Ribbon_bar.svg/66px-Order_of_the_Golden_Lion_of_Nassau_Ribbon_bar.svg.png 1.5x, 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Order_of_Adolphe_of_Nassau_ribbon.svg/89px-Order_of_Adolphe_of_Nassau_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="279" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Adolphe_of_Nassau" title="Order of Adolphe of Nassau">Order of Adolphe of Nassau</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Saxe-Altenburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg">Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:D-SAX_Sachsen-Ernestinischer_Hausorden_BAR.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/D-SAX_Sachsen-Ernestinischer_Hausorden_BAR.svg/44px-D-SAX_Sachsen-Ernestinischer_Hausorden_BAR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/D-SAX_Sachsen-Ernestinischer_Hausorden_BAR.svg/66px-D-SAX_Sachsen-Ernestinischer_Hausorden_BAR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/D-SAX_Sachsen-Ernestinischer_Hausorden_BAR.svg/88px-D-SAX_Sachsen-Ernestinischer_Hausorden_BAR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Saxe-Ernestine_House_Order" title="Saxe-Ernestine House Order">Saxe-Ernestine House Order</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha" title="Saxe-Coburg and Gotha">Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:D-SAX_Sachsen-Ernestinischer_Hausorden_BAR.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/D-SAX_Sachsen-Ernestinischer_Hausorden_BAR.svg/44px-D-SAX_Sachsen-Ernestinischer_Hausorden_BAR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/D-SAX_Sachsen-Ernestinischer_Hausorden_BAR.svg/66px-D-SAX_Sachsen-Ernestinischer_Hausorden_BAR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/D-SAX_Sachsen-Ernestinischer_Hausorden_BAR.svg/88px-D-SAX_Sachsen-Ernestinischer_Hausorden_BAR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> Saxe-Ernestine House Order (2006: Saxe-Coburg-Gotha House Order)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Saxe-Meiningen" class="mw-redirect" title="Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen">Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:D-SAX_Sachsen-Ernestinischer_Hausorden_BAR.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/D-SAX_Sachsen-Ernestinischer_Hausorden_BAR.svg/44px-D-SAX_Sachsen-Ernestinischer_Hausorden_BAR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/D-SAX_Sachsen-Ernestinischer_Hausorden_BAR.svg/66px-D-SAX_Sachsen-Ernestinischer_Hausorden_BAR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/D-SAX_Sachsen-Ernestinischer_Hausorden_BAR.svg/88px-D-SAX_Sachsen-Ernestinischer_Hausorden_BAR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> Saxe-Ernestine House Order</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Anhalt" title="Duchy of Anhalt">Duchy of Anhalt</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:D-ANH-Order_Albert_Bear_BAR.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/D-ANH-Order_Albert_Bear_BAR.png/44px-D-ANH-Order_Albert_Bear_BAR.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/D-ANH-Order_Albert_Bear_BAR.png/66px-D-ANH-Order_Albert_Bear_BAR.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/D-ANH-Order_Albert_Bear_BAR.png/88px-D-ANH-Order_Albert_Bear_BAR.png 2x" data-file-width="341" data-file-height="94" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Albert_the_Bear" title="Order of Albert the Bear">Order of Albert the Bear</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:D-ANH-Order_Albert_Bear_BAR.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/D-ANH-Order_Albert_Bear_BAR.png/44px-D-ANH-Order_Albert_Bear_BAR.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/D-ANH-Order_Albert_Bear_BAR.png/66px-D-ANH-Order_Albert_Bear_BAR.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/D-ANH-Order_Albert_Bear_BAR.png/88px-D-ANH-Order_Albert_Bear_BAR.png 2x" data-file-width="341" data-file-height="94" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Merit_for_Science_and_Art" title="Order of Merit for Science and Art">Order of Merit for Science and Art</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen" title="Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen">Principality of<br />Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:D-PRU_Hohenzollern_Order_BAR.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/D-PRU_Hohenzollern_Order_BAR.svg/44px-D-PRU_Hohenzollern_Order_BAR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/D-PRU_Hohenzollern_Order_BAR.svg/66px-D-PRU_Hohenzollern_Order_BAR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/D-PRU_Hohenzollern_Order_BAR.svg/88px-D-PRU_Hohenzollern_Order_BAR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/House_Order_of_Hohenzollern" title="House Order of Hohenzollern">House Order of Hohenzollern</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hohenzollern-Hechingen" title="Hohenzollern-Hechingen">Principality of<br />Hohenzollern-Hechingen</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:D-PRU_Hohenzollern_Order_BAR.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/D-PRU_Hohenzollern_Order_BAR.svg/44px-D-PRU_Hohenzollern_Order_BAR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/D-PRU_Hohenzollern_Order_BAR.svg/66px-D-PRU_Hohenzollern_Order_BAR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/D-PRU_Hohenzollern_Order_BAR.svg/88px-D-PRU_Hohenzollern_Order_BAR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> House Order of Hohenzollern</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Lippe" title="Principality of Lippe">Principality of Lippe-Detmold</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:D-HAN-B-Order_Henry_Lion_BAR.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/D-HAN-B-Order_Henry_Lion_BAR.png/44px-D-HAN-B-Order_Henry_Lion_BAR.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/D-HAN-B-Order_Henry_Lion_BAR.png/66px-D-HAN-B-Order_Henry_Lion_BAR.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/D-HAN-B-Order_Henry_Lion_BAR.png/88px-D-HAN-B-Order_Henry_Lion_BAR.png 2x" data-file-width="341" data-file-height="93" /></a></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Order_of_the_Cross_of_Honour_(Lippe)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Order of the Cross of Honour (Lippe) (page does not exist)">Order of the Cross of Honour (Lippe)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Leopold.OrderofLippe.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Leopold.OrderofLippe.gif/40px-Leopold.OrderofLippe.gif" decoding="async" width="40" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Leopold.OrderofLippe.gif/60px-Leopold.OrderofLippe.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Leopold.OrderofLippe.gif/80px-Leopold.OrderofLippe.gif 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Order_of_Leopold_(Lippe)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Order of Leopold (Lippe) (page does not exist)">Order of Leopold (Lippe)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Order_of_Bertha.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Order_of_Bertha.jpg/40px-Order_of_Bertha.jpg" decoding="async" width="40" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Order_of_Bertha.jpg/60px-Order_of_Bertha.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Order_of_Bertha.jpg/80px-Order_of_Bertha.jpg 2x" data-file-width="191" data-file-height="57" /></a></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Order_of_Berta&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Order of Berta (page does not exist)">Order of Berta</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ESP_Cruz_Merito_Aeronautico_(Distintivo_Blanco)_pasador.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/ESP_Cruz_Merito_Aeronautico_%28Distintivo_Blanco%29_pasador.svg/44px-ESP_Cruz_Merito_Aeronautico_%28Distintivo_Blanco%29_pasador.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/ESP_Cruz_Merito_Aeronautico_%28Distintivo_Blanco%29_pasador.svg/66px-ESP_Cruz_Merito_Aeronautico_%28Distintivo_Blanco%29_pasador.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/ESP_Cruz_Merito_Aeronautico_%28Distintivo_Blanco%29_pasador.svg/88px-ESP_Cruz_Merito_Aeronautico_%28Distintivo_Blanco%29_pasador.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Order_of_the_Rose_of_Lippe_for_Arts_and_Science&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Order of the Rose of Lippe for Arts and Science (page does not exist)">Order of the Rose of Lippe</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Schaumburg-Lippe" title="Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe">Principality of<br />Schaumburg-Lippe</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:D-HAN-B-Order_Henry_Lion_BAR.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/D-HAN-B-Order_Henry_Lion_BAR.png/44px-D-HAN-B-Order_Henry_Lion_BAR.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/D-HAN-B-Order_Henry_Lion_BAR.png/66px-D-HAN-B-Order_Henry_Lion_BAR.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/D-HAN-B-Order_Henry_Lion_BAR.png/88px-D-HAN-B-Order_Henry_Lion_BAR.png 2x" data-file-width="341" data-file-height="93" /></a></span> Order of the Cross of Honour (Lippe)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Reuss_(state)" class="mw-redirect" title="Reuss (state)">Principality of Reuss</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Honor_Cross_(Reuss).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Honor_Cross_%28Reuss%29.jpg/40px-Honor_Cross_%28Reuss%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="40" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Honor_Cross_%28Reuss%29.jpg/60px-Honor_Cross_%28Reuss%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Honor_Cross_%28Reuss%29.jpg/80px-Honor_Cross_%28Reuss%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="181" data-file-height="49" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Princely_Reuss_Honour_Cross" title="Princely Reuss Honour Cross">Princely Reuss Honour Cross</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt" title="Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt">Principality of<br />Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NatCCUnitCit.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/NatCCUnitCit.jpg/40px-NatCCUnitCit.jpg" decoding="async" width="40" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/NatCCUnitCit.jpg/60px-NatCCUnitCit.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/NatCCUnitCit.jpg/80px-NatCCUnitCit.jpg 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Princely_Schwarzburg_Honor_Cross" title="Princely Schwarzburg Honor Cross">Princely Schwarzburg Honor Cross</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Schwarzburg-Sondershausen" title="Schwarzburg-Sondershausen">Principality of<br />Schwarzburg-Sondershausen</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NatCCUnitCit.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/NatCCUnitCit.jpg/40px-NatCCUnitCit.jpg" decoding="async" width="40" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/NatCCUnitCit.jpg/60px-NatCCUnitCit.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/NatCCUnitCit.jpg/80px-NatCCUnitCit.jpg 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Princely_Schwarzburg_Honor_Cross" title="Princely Schwarzburg Honor Cross">Princely Schwarzburg Honor Cross</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Waldeck_and_Pyrmont" title="Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont">Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Militarymeritcross-Waldeck.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Militarymeritcross-Waldeck.jpg/40px-Militarymeritcross-Waldeck.jpg" decoding="async" width="40" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Militarymeritcross-Waldeck.jpg/60px-Militarymeritcross-Waldeck.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Militarymeritcross-Waldeck.jpg/80px-Militarymeritcross-Waldeck.jpg 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ord.Civilmerit.Waldeck.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Ord.Civilmerit.Waldeck.JPG/40px-Ord.Civilmerit.Waldeck.JPG" decoding="async" width="40" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Ord.Civilmerit.Waldeck.JPG/60px-Ord.Civilmerit.Waldeck.JPG 1.5x, 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