List of Knights of the Order Pour le Mérite (Military Orders)
This list includes knights of the order Pour le Mérite . From its foundation in 1740 by Frederick the Great , the order was awarded to a total of 5,430 people until the end of the monarchy in the Kingdom of Prussia in 1918. During the First World War (1914/18) the medal was awarded 687 times and the oak leaves for the Pour le Mérite 122 times.
A.
Surname | Branch of service | Pour le Mérite | Rank at award | Oak leaves | Rank at award |
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Hans Adam | Imperial Navy | November 6, 1917 | Lieutenant captain | ||
Armand von Alberti | Württemberg Army | November 8, 1918 | Colonel | ||
Viktor Albrecht | Prussian Army | April 9, 1918 | Lieutenant General | ||
Karl Allmenröder | Prussian Army / Air Force |
June 14, 1917 | lieutenant | ||
Ernst von Althaus | Saxon Army / Air Force |
July 22, 1916 | First lieutenant in the reserve | ||
Richard d'Alton-Rauch | Prussian Army | August 15, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Achaz Heinrich von Alvensleben | Prussian Army | December 1785 | major | ||
Constantin von Alvensleben | Prussian Army | 17th September 1866 | Lieutenant General | December 31, 1870 | Lieutenant General |
Walther Arens | Prussian Army | October 25, 1918 | major | ||
Lothar by Arnauld de la Perière | Imperial Navy | October 11, 1916 | Lieutenant captain | ||
Achim von Arnim | Prussian Army | April 17, 1918 | Captain | ||
Arthur Arz von Straussenburg | kuk army | August 28, 1915 | General of the Infantry | August 6, 1917 | General of the Infantry |
Casimir von Auer | Prussian Army | December 18, 1812 | Staff Captain |
B.
Surname | Branch of service | Pour le Mérite | Rank at award | Oak leaves | Rank at award |
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Paul Baader | Prussian Army | October 20, 1918 | major | ||
Ernst von Bacmeister | Prussian Army | October 8, 1917 | General of the Infantry | ||
Wilhelm of Baden | Prussian Army | December 18, 1895 | General of the Infantry | ||
Paul Bäumer | Prussian Army / Air Force |
November 2, 1918 | Lieutenant in the reserve | ||
William Balck | Prussian Army | March 9, 1918 | Major general | ||
Hermann von Balcke | Prussian Army | July 29, 1917 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Viktor Bangert | Prussian Army | November 24, 1917 | Captain | ||
Carl von Bardolff | kuk army | July 27, 1917 | Major general | ||
Albert von Barnekow | Prussian Army | September 20, 1866 | Major general | January 20, 1871 | Lieutenant General |
Karl Bartenbach | Imperial Navy | October 27, 1917 | Corvette Captain | ||
Josef Barth | Prussian Army | August 9, 1918 | major | ||
Max Bauer | Prussian Army | December 19, 1916 | Lieutenant colonel | March 28, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel |
Franz of Bavaria | Bavarian Army | May 16, 1918 | Major general | ||
Leopold of Bavaria | Bavarian Army | August 5, 1915 | Field Marshal General | July 25, 1917 | Field Marshal General |
Ludwig III. from Bavaria | Bavarian Army | December 8, 1916 | Field Marshal General | ||
Rupprecht of Bavaria | Bavarian Army | August 22, 1915 | Colonel General | December 20, 1916 | Field Marshal General |
Olivier of Beaulieu-Marconnay | Prussian Army / Air Force |
October 26, 1918 | lieutenant | ||
Friedrich Becker | Prussian Army | September 17, 1918 | major | ||
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Ernst von Berries | Prussian Army | June 7, 1864 | major | ||
Curt von Beerfelde | Prussian Army | April 21, 1918 | major | ||
Paul Behncke | Imperial Navy | 4th December 1917 | Vice admiral | ||
Franz von Behr | Prussian Army | October 8, 1917 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Stanislaus Behrendt | Prussian Army | October 4, 1918 | Captain | ||
Eduard von Below | Prussian Army | August 18, 1917 | General of the Infantry | ||
Ernst von Below | Prussian Army | November 24, 1917 | Major general | October 13, 1918 | Major general |
Fritz von Below | Prussian Army | March 14, 1915 | General of the Infantry | August 11, 1916 | General of the Infantry |
Hans von Below | Prussian Army | November 24, 1917 | Major general | ||
Otto von Below | Prussian Army | February 16, 1915 | General of the Infantry | April 27, 1917 | General of the Infantry |
Theodor Werner Christian von Below | Prussian Army | January 1, 1815 | major | ||
Richard von Berendt | Prussian Army | January 14, 1917 | Colonel | November 24, 1917 | Major general |
Karl Berger | Prussian Army | April 17, 1918 | Major general | ||
Walter von Bergmann | Prussian Army | May 8, 1918 | Major general | ||
Waldemar Berka | Prussian Army | June 23, 1918 | Captain | ||
Otto Bernert | Prussian Army / Air Force |
April 23, 1917 | lieutenant | ||
Friedrich von Bernhardi | Prussian Army | August 20, 1916 | General of the cavalry | May 15, 1918 | General of the cavalry |
Felix von Bernuth | Prussian Army | October 9, 1918 | Captain | ||
Hans Berr | Prussian Army / Air Force |
4th December 1916 | First lieutenant | ||
Albert von Berrer | Württemberg Army | August 27, 1917 | Lieutenant General | ||
Rudolf Berthold | Prussian Army / Air Force |
October 12, 1916 | First lieutenant | ||
Hans Beseler | Prussian Army | November 28, 1917 | major | ||
Hans von Beseler | Prussian Army | October 10, 1914 | General of the Infantry | August 20, 1915 | General of the Infantry |
Ernst von Bila | Prussian Army | August 23, 1918 | major | ||
Karl Anton von Bila | Prussian Army | July 13, 1794 | captain | ||
Rudolf Ernst von Bila | Prussian Army | September 18, 1787 | Staff Captain | ||
Karl Gustav von Bilow | Prussian Army | June 2, 1793 | captain | ||
Jakob Albrecht von Birkhahn | Prussian Army | August 27, 1789 | Colonel | ||
Siegmund Ernst von Birckhahn | Prussian Army | June 1745 | captain | ||
Gustav Kalixt Biron of Courland | Prussian Army | May 9, 1814 | Major general | ||
Karl Friedrich Wilhelm von Böhmer | Prussian Army | August 30, 1807 | Prime Lieutenant | ||
Josef Bischoff | Prussian Army | June 30, 1918 | major | ||
Ernst Friedrich von Bismarck | Prussian Army | August 28, 1758 | Lieutenant | ||
Karl August von Bismarck | Prussian Army | May 30, 1791 | Colonel | ||
Leopold Friedrich von Bismarck | Prussian Army | October 2, 1793 | Second Lieutenant | ||
Otto von Bismarck | Prussian Army | September 1, 1884 | General of the cavalry | ||
Karl Bothmar von Bissing | Prussian Army | June 1751 | captain | ||
Otto Heinrich von Bistram | Prussian Army | December 11, 1793 | major | ||
Alexander Bistrom | Russian army | October 18, 1814 | Subordinate | ||
Anton Bistrom | Russian army | December 1813 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Eduard von Bistrom | Russian army | March 20, 1808 | captain | ||
Filipp from Bistrom | Russian army | May 5, 1814 | captain | ||
Werner von Blomberg | Prussian Army | June 3, 1918 | major | ||
Walter Blume | Prussian Army / Air Force |
September 30, 1918 | Lieutenant in the reserve | ||
Leonhard von Blumenthal | Prussian Army | April 22, 1898 | Field Marshal General | ||
Fedor von Bock | Prussian Army | April 1, 1918 | major | ||
Franz-Karl von Bock | Prussian Army | October 13, 1918 | major | ||
Alfred von Böckmann | Prussian Army | October 8, 1916 | Lieutenant General | June 1, 1917 | Lieutenant General |
Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli | kuk army | October 7, 1916 | Colonel General | July 27, 1918 | Field Marshal |
Erich Boehme | Prussian Army | May 7, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Erwin Böhme | Prussian Army / Air Force |
November 24, 1917 | Lieutenant in the reserve | ||
Max von Boehn | Prussian Army | August 24, 1916 | General of the Infantry | May 20, 1917 | General of the Infantry |
Oswald Boelcke | Prussian Army / Air Force |
January 12, 1916 | Captain | ||
Oskar von Boenigk | Prussian Army / Air Force |
October 25, 1918 | First lieutenant | ||
Gustav von Boetticher | Russian army | September 13, 1813 | Lieutenant General | ||
Friedrich von Bogendörfer | Bavarian Army | November 8, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Helmuth Bohm | Prussian Army | May 5, 1918 | major | ||
Carl Bolle | Prussian Army / Air Force |
August 21, 1918 | lieutenant | ||
Heinrich Bongartz | Prussian Army / Air Force |
December 23, 1917 | Lieutenant in the reserve | ||
Kurt of the Borne | Prussian Army | April 9, 1918 | Lieutenant General | November 3, 1918 | General of the Infantry |
Svetozar Boroević from Bojna | kuk army | November 3, 1917 | Colonel General | ||
Karl von Borries | Prussian Army | June 13, 1918 | Lieutenant General | ||
Rudolf von Borries | Prussian Army | 4th August 1917 | Major general | ||
Julius of Bose | Prussian Army | September 20, 1866 | General of the Infantry | ||
Kuno-Hans von Both | Prussian Army | April 10, 1918 | Captain | ||
Felix von Bothmer | Bavarian Army | July 7, 1915 | General of the Infantry | July 25, 1917 | General of the Infantry |
Ernst Brandenburg | Prussian Army / Air Force |
June 14, 1917 | Captain | ||
Curt von Brandenstein | Prussian Army | September 26, 1918 | Captain | ||
Hermann von Brandenstein | Prussian Army | August 27, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Otto von Brandenstein | Prussian Army | May 15, 1918 | Colonel | ||
Cordt from Brandis | Prussian Army | April 21, 1918 | major | ||
Cordt from Brandis | Prussian Army | March 14, 1916 | First lieutenant | ||
Tido von Brederlow | Prussian Army | October 9, 1918 | major | ||
Anatol Graf von Bredow | Prussian Army | July 23, 1915 | Lieutenant General | ||
Ludwig Breßler | Prussian Army | October 9, 1918 | Major general | ||
Carl Briese | Prussian Army | August 30, 1918 | Lieutenant General | ||
Friedrich Brinckmann | Prussian Army | March 6, 1918 | major | ||
Heinrich Brinkord | Prussian Army | October 21, 1918 | First lieutenant in the reserve | ||
Ferdinand Brisken | Prussian Army | April 23, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Bernhard Bronsart von Schellendorff | Prussian Army | September 16, 1916 | Colonel | ||
Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff | Prussian Army | October 25, 1918 | major | ||
Walter Siegfried Bronsart von Schellendorff | Prussian Army | June 2, 1918 | major | ||
Georg Bruchmüller | Prussian Army | May 1, 1917 | Lieutenant colonel | March 26, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel |
Erich Brückner | Prussian Army | September 4, 1918 | major | ||
Hieronymus von Brückner | Prussian Army | June 3, 1792 | Major general | ||
Friedrich Bruns | Prussian Army | November 6, 1918 | major | ||
Julius Buckler | Prussian Army / Air Force |
4th December 1917 | lieutenant | ||
Hans-Joachim Buddecke | Prussian Army / Air Force |
April 14, 1915 | First lieutenant in the reserve | ||
Gustav von Buddenbrock | Prussian Army | June 7, 1864 | Colonel | January 18, 1871 | Lieutenant General |
Rudolph Otto von Budritzki | Prussian Army | November 1, 1870 | Lieutenant General | ||
Franz Büchner | Saxon Army / Air Force |
October 25, 1918 | lieutenant | ||
Karl von Bülow | Prussian Army | April 4, 1915 | Field Marshal General | ||
Walter von Bülow | Prussian Army / Air Force |
October 8, 1917 | lieutenant | ||
Heinrich von Bünau | Prussian Army | September 17, 1918 | major | ||
Robert Bürkner | Prussian Army | May 16, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Boris of Bulgaria | Bulgarian army | October 3, 1916 | Field Marshal | ||
Ferdinand I of Bulgaria | Bulgarian army | September 8, 1916 | Field Marshal | ||
Hermann von Burkhardt | Bavarian Army | May 12, 1917 | Lieutenant General | ||
Ernst Busch | Prussian Army | October 4, 1918 | Captain | ||
Georg von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen | Saxon Army | September 18, 1918 | major | ||
Johannes von Busse | Prussian Army | April 16, 1918 | Major general |
C.
Surname | Branch of service | Pour le Mérite | Rank at award | Oak leaves | Rank at award |
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Philipp Carl von Canstein | Prussian Army | June 7, 1864 | Major general | September 20, 1866 | Lieutenant General |
Eduard von Capelle | Imperial Navy | January 9, 1918 | admiral | ||
Leo of Caprivi | Prussian Army | January 18, 1871 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Alois Caracciola-Delbrück | Prussian Army | August 25, 1918 | major | ||
Adolph von Carlowitz | Saxon Army | July 29, 1917 | General of the Infantry | May 25, 1918 | General of the Infantry |
Walter Caspari | Prussian Army | April 21, 1918 | major | ||
Martin Chales de Beaulieu | Prussian Army | September 5, 1917 | Lieutenant General | ||
Siegfried of La Chevallerie | Prussian Army | January 20, 1918 | Major general | October 5, 1918 | Lieutenant General |
Friedrich Christiansen | Imperial Navy / Seeflieger |
December 11, 1917 | First lieutenant in the reserve / sailor artillery |
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Eberhard von Claer | Prussian Army | June 29, 1915 | General of the Infantry | ||
Max Clausius | Prussian Army | October 15, 1918 | major | ||
Erwin von Collani | Prussian Army | May 7, 1918 | major | ||
Alexander Commichau | Prussian Army | April 21, 1918 | major | ||
Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf | kuk army | May 12, 1915 | General of the Infantry | January 26, 1917 | Field Marshal |
Richard from Conta | Prussian Army | October 15, 1916 | Lieutenant General | March 26, 1918 | General of the Infantry |
Elimar von Cranach | Prussian Army | April 22, 1918 | Major general |
D.
Surname | Branch of service | Pour le Mérite | Rank at award | Oak leaves | Rank at award |
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Rudolf Danner | Bavarian Army | October 26, 1918 | Major general | ||
Viktor Dallmer | Prussian Army | April 26, 1917 | Lieutenant General | June 8, 1918 | Lieutenant General |
Gustav Dammann | Prussian Army | November 6, 1918 | major | ||
Johannes von Dassel | Prussian Army | October 25, 1918 | Major general | ||
Kolmar von Debschitz | Prussian Army | September 20, 1866 | Lieutenant General | ||
Carl Degelow | Prussian Army / Air Force |
November 8, 1918 | Lieutenant in the reserve | ||
Berthold von Deimling | Prussian Army | August 28, 1916 | General of the Infantry | ||
Walter von Delius | Prussian Army | January 20, 1918 | major | ||
Friedrich-Wilhelm Dernen | Prussian Army | August 29, 1918 | Lieutenant in the reserve | ||
Arnold von Detten | Prussian Army | August 27, 1918 | major | ||
Stephan Gottlieb von Dewitz | Prussian Army | major | |||
Curt von Dewitz | Prussian Army | April 22, 1918 | major | ||
Karl Dieffenbach | Prussian Army | April 26, 1917 | Lieutenant General | ||
Otto von Diepenbroick-Grüter | Prussian Army | June 13, 1918 | Major general | ||
Wilhelm Arthur von Ditfurth | Prussian Army | October 2, 1815 | major | ||
Wilhelm von Ditfurth | Prussian Army | April 21, 1918 | major | ||
Ahmed Djemal-Pasha | Ottoman army | September 4, 1917 | Lieutenant General | ||
Gustav Dörr | Prussian Army / Air Force |
January 17, 1919 | Lieutenant in the reserve | ||
Nikolaus zu Dohna-Schlodien | Imperial Navy | Corvette Captain | March 7, 1916 | ||
Wilhelm von Dommes | Prussian Army | June 8, 1918 | Major general | ||
Georg Dorndorf | Prussian Army | April 1, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Albert Dossenbach | Prussian Army / Air Force |
November 11, 1916 | Lieutenant in the reserve | ||
Eduard von Dostler | Bavarian Army / Air Force |
August 6, 1917 | First lieutenant | ||
Hermann Drechsel | Prussian Army | April 3, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Hermann von Dresler and Scharfenstein | Prussian Army | November 8, 1917 | Major general | ||
Hans von Drigalski | Prussian Army | March 28, 1918 | major | ||
Wilhelm von Dücker | Prussian Army | August 29, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel |
E.
Surname | Branch of service | Pour le Mérite | Rank at award | Oak leaves | Rank at award |
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Johannes von Eben | Prussian Army | October 7, 1916 | General of the Infantry | September 22, 1917 | General of the Infantry |
Magnus von Eberhardt | Prussian Army | May 20, 1917 | General of the Infantry | September 22, 1917 | General of the Infantry |
Gottfried Edelbüttel | Prussian Army | October 12, 1917 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Franz von Edelsheim | Prussian Army | October 4, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Ralph from Egidy | Saxon Army | October 31, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Oskar von Ehrenthal | Saxon Army | June 15, 1917 | General of the Infantry | ||
Hermann von Eichhorn | Prussian Army | August 18, 1915 | Colonel General | September 28, 1915 | Colonel General |
Karl von One | Prussian Army | March 16, 1915 | Colonel General | October 17, 1916 | Colonel General |
Karl d'Elsa | Saxon Army | September 1, 1916 | General of the Infantry | ||
Hugo Elstermann from Elster | Prussian Army | September 22, 1917 | Lieutenant General | ||
Otto von Emmich | Prussian Army | August 7, 1914 | General of the Infantry | May 14, 1915 | General of the Infantry |
Siegfried von Ende | Prussian Army | October 31, 1917 | Lieutenant General | ||
Nicholas of Endres | Bavarian Army | April 17, 1918 | Lieutenant General | August 4, 1918 | Lieutenant General |
George of Engelbrechten | Prussian Army | July 8, 1918 | Lieutenant General | ||
Damad Enver-Pasha | Ottoman army | August 23, 1915 | Lieutenant General | January 10, 1916 | Lieutenant General |
Franz von Epp | Bavarian Army | May 29, 1918 | Colonel | ||
Hans von der Esch | Prussian Army | October 13, 1918 | Major general | ||
Karl von der Esch | Prussian Army | January 19, 1873 | Colonel | ||
Friedrich von Esebeck | Prussian Army | April 3, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Ludwig von Estorff | Prussian Army | September 6, 1917 | Lieutenant General | ||
Günther von Etzel | Prussian Army | August 4, 1918 | Lieutenant General | October 25, 1918 | Lieutenant General |
Siegfried zu Eulenburg-Wicken | Prussian Army | August 27, 1917 | major | September 4, 1918 | major |
F.
Surname | Branch of service | Pour le Mérite | Rank at award | Oak leaves | Rank at award |
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Max von Fabeck | Prussian Army | August 23, 1915 | General of the Infantry | ||
Alexander von Falkenhausen | Prussian Army / Ottoman Army |
May 7, 1918 | Major / Lieutenant Colonel |
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Ludwig von Falkenhausen | Prussian Army | August 23, 1915 | Colonel General | April 15, 1916 | Colonel General |
Erich von Falkenhayn | Prussian Army | February 16, 1915 | General of the Infantry | June 3, 1915 | General of the Infantry |
Eugen von Falkenhayn | Prussian Army | August 28, 1915 | General of the cavalry | November 13, 1915 | General of the cavalry |
Karl von Fasbender | Bavarian Army | September 13, 1916 | General of the Infantry | ||
Wilhelm Faupel | Prussian Army | June 18, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel | August 4, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel |
Carlo Filangieri | Neapolitan Army | March 19, 1850 | Lieutenant General | ||
Bernhard Finck von Finckenstein | Prussian Army | April 9, 1918 | Major general | ||
Kurt Fischer | Lieutenant colonel | November 4, 1917 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Udo von Fischer | Prussian Army | June 30, 1918 | Colonel | ||
Paul Fleck | Prussian Army | March 16, 1915 | Lieutenant General | ||
Sigismund von Förster | Prussian Army / East Asian Expeditionary Corps |
May 28, 1901 | major | ||
Walter Forstmann | Imperial Navy | August 12, 1916 | Lieutenant captain | ||
Ernst von Forstner | Prussian Army | October 31, 1917 | Lieutenant colonel | June 17, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel |
Ernst Frahnert | Prussian Army | November 14, 1917 | major | ||
Bruno by François | Prussian Army | September 20, 1866 | Colonel | ||
Hermann von François | Prussian Army | May 14, 1915 | General of the Infantry | July 27, 1917 | General of the Infantry |
Adolf Franke | Prussian Army | October 18, 1918 | char. General of the artillery | ||
Hans-Heydan von Frankenberg and Ludwigsdorf | Prussian Army | July 5, 1918 | major | ||
Wilhelm Frankl | Prussian Army / Air Force |
August 12, 1916 | Lieutenant in the reserve | ||
Eduard von Fransecky | Prussian Army | September 20, 1866 | Lieutenant General | February 5, 1871 | General of the Infantry |
Rudolf Frantz | Prussian Army | July 25, 1917 | major | ||
Erich Freyer | Prussian Army | April 17, 1918 | Lieutenant General | ||
Karl von Freyhold | Prussian Army | June 14, 1918 | Captain | ||
Hermann Fricke | Prussian Army / Air Force |
December 23, 1917 | lieutenant | ||
Friedrich von Friedeburg | Prussian Army | September 20, 1918 | Lieutenant General | ||
Karl Friederici | Prussian Army | June 30, 1918 | major | ||
Albert von Fritsch | Württemberg Army | September 3, 1918 | Lieutenant General | ||
Lothar Fritsch | Prussian Army | May 6, 1918 | major | ||
Georg Frotscher | Saxon Army | May 5, 1918 | Colonel | ||
Georg Fuchs | Prussian Army | August 18, 1917 | Lieutenant General | ||
Friedrich Wilhelm von Funck | Prussian Army | October 18, 1812 | major | November 3, 1815 | Colonel |
G
Surname | Branch of service | Pour le Mérite | Rank at award | Oak leaves | Rank at award |
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Arthur of Gabain | Prussian Army | November 8, 1917 | Major general | April 17, 1918 | Major general |
Otto Gabcke | Prussian Army | September 1, 1918 | Captain | ||
Hans Gaede | Prussian Army | August 25, 1915 | General of the Infantry | ||
Erich Gaertner | Prussian Army | November 8, 1918 | major | ||
Max von Gallwitz | Prussian Army | July 24, 1915 | General of the artillery | September 28, 1915 | General of the artillery |
Otto von Garnier | Prussian Army | October 12, 1916 | Lieutenant General | ||
George of Gayl | Prussian Army | May 8, 1918 | General of the Infantry | ||
Wilhelm von Gazen | Prussian Army | November 24, 1917 | Captain | ||
Ludwig von Gebsattel | Bavarian Army | 4th October 1916 | General of the cavalry | ||
Carl-Siegfried Georg | Imperial Navy | April 24, 1918 | Lieutenant captain | ||
Ulrich von Germar | Prussian Army | April 22, 1918 | major | ||
Friedrich von Gerok | Württemberg Army | July 7, 1915 | General of the Infantry | ||
Daniel Gerth | Prussian Army | October 11, 1918 | First lieutenant | ||
Adolf von Glümer | Prussian Army | February 5, 1871 | Lieutenant General | ||
Wilhelm von Gluszewski-Kwilecki | Prussian Army | November 24, 1917 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Hermann Goering | Prussian Army / Air Force |
May 2, 1918 | First lieutenant | ||
Wilhelm von Goerne | Prussian Army | May 20, 1917 | Lieutenant colonel | August 30, 1918 | Colonel |
Martin Goesch | Prussian Army | April 21, 1918 | Captain | ||
Georg von Götz | Prussian Army | October 17, 1918 | major | ||
August von Goetzen | Prussian Army | September 11, 1916 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Rüdiger von der Goltz | Prussian Army | May 15, 1918 | Major general | ||
Friedrich von Gontard | Prussian Army | April 9, 1918 | Lieutenant General | August 4, 1918 | Lieutenant General |
Heinrich Gontermann | Prussian Army / Air Force |
May 14, 1917 | Lieutenant in the reserve | ||
Konrad Ernst von Goßler | Prussian Army | August 10, 1916 | General of the Infantry | ||
Wolff von Graeffendorff | Prussian Army | November 24, 1917 | Captain | ||
Wilhelm von Graeve | Prussian Army | November 8, 1918 | Captain | ||
Kurt von Greiff | Württemberg Army | June 9, 1918 | major | ||
Robert Greim | Bavarian Army / Air Force |
October 14, 1918 | First lieutenant | ||
Wilhelm Griebsch | Prussian Army / Air Force |
September 30, 1918 | Lieutenant in the reserve | ||
Wilhelm von Groddeck | Prussian Army | April 9, 1918 | Major general | ||
Wilhelm Groener | Württemberg Army | September 11, 1915 | Major general | ||
Hans von Gronau | Prussian Army | 4th October 1916 | General of the artillery | August 6, 1918 | General of the artillery |
Jürgen Alexander von Grone | Prussian Army / Air Force |
October 13, 1918 | First lieutenant | ||
Theodor Groppe | Prussian Army | November 6, 1918 | Captain | ||
Hans von Grothe | Prussian Army | November 2, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Paul Grünert | Prussian Army | May 3, 1918 | Lieutenant General | ||
Ernst Gruson | Prussian Army | July 6, 1918 | major | ||
Erich Gudowius | Prussian Army | August 4, 1918 | major | ||
Erich von Gündell | Prussian Army | August 28, 1916 | General of the Infantry | ||
Hans von Guretzky-Cornitz | Prussian Army | March 9, 1916 | char. General of the Infantry |
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Surname | Branch of service | Pour le Mérite | Rank at award | Oak leaves | Rank at award |
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Friedrich Haack | Bavarian Army | August 8, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Wilhelm von Haasy | Bavarian Army | June 10, 1918 | Colonel | ||
Heinrich von Hadeln | Prussian Army | August 26, 1917 | major | ||
Siegfried Haenicke | Prussian Army | June 14, 1918 | Captain | ||
Gottlieb von Haeseler | Prussian Army | January 19, 1873 | major | March 22, 1915 | Field Marshal General |
Wilhelm Hagedorn | Prussian Army | July 30, 1917 | major | ||
Karl von Hagen | Prussian Army | April 8, 1918 | major | ||
Oskar von Hahnke | Prussian Army | October 8, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Karl Georg Albrecht Ernst von Hake | Prussian Army | September 17, 1793 | lieutenant | ||
Ernst Wilhelm von Hamilton | Prussian Army | February 21, 1807 | Colonel | ||
Ernst Hammacher | Prussian Army | October 31, 1918 | major | ||
Rudolph Hammer | Saxon Army | November 24, 1917 | Major general | ||
Frithjof von Hammerstein-Gesmold | Prussian Army | November 1, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Hans von Hammerstein-Gesmold | Prussian Army | November 6, 1918 | Major general | ||
Karl Hansen | Prussian Army | November 8, 1918 | Captain | ||
Georg von Harder | Prussian Army | August 25, 1918 | major | ||
Jakob von Hartmann | Bavarian Army | March 1, 1872 | General of the Infantry | ||
Kurt Hartwig | Imperial Navy | October 3, 1918 | Lieutenant captain | ||
Otto Hasse | Prussian Army | December 23, 1917 | Lieutenant colonel | May 12, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel |
Hans-Joachim Haupt | Prussian Army | March 16, 1916 | Reserve captain | ||
Wilhelm Haupt | Prussian Army | August 18, 1918 | major | ||
Ludwig Hauss | Prussian Army | September 11, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Walter von Haxthausen | Prussian Army | June 13, 1918 | Major general | ||
Josias of Heeringen | Prussian Army | August 25, 1915 | Colonel General | August 25, 1916 | Colonel General |
Heino von Heimburg | Imperial Navy | August 11, 1917 | First lieutenant at sea | ||
Oskar Heinicke | Imperial Navy | March 5, 1918 | Corvette Captain | ||
Franz Heinrigs | Prussian Army | November 8, 1917 | major | ||
Siegfried von Held | Prussian Army | November 7, 1918 | Major general | ||
Emil Hell | Prussian Army | September 21, 1916 | Colonel | January 11, 1917 | Colonel |
Hans von Hemmer | Bavarian Army | July 25, 1917 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Richard Hentsch | Saxon Army | September 23, 1917 | Colonel | ||
Ferdinand Herold | Prussian Army | October 8, 1917 | major | ||
Adolf Herrgott | Bavarian Army | August 4, 1918 | char. Colonel | ||
Otto Hersing | Imperial Navy | June 5, 1915 | Lieutenant captain | ||
Heinrich of Hessen and by the Rhine | Prussian Army | July 7, 1887 | General of the cavalry | ||
Friedrich Wilhelm von Hertzberg | Prussian Army | November 4, 1918 | char. General of the cavalry | ||
Hans Hesse | Prussian Army | December 11, 1916 | Colonel | ||
Albert Heuck | Prussian Army | October 28, 1918 | Colonel | ||
Wilhelm Heye | Prussian Army | August 20, 1916 | Colonel | April 3, 1918 | Colonel |
Hubert Heym | Prussian Army | April 9, 1918 | major | ||
Hans von Heynitz | Prussian Army | December 3, 1917 | Colonel | ||
Robert Hieronymus | Prussian Army | June 23, 1918 | Lieutenant in the reserve | ||
Paul von Hindenburg | Prussian Army | September 8, 1914 | Colonel General | February 23, 1915 | Field Marshal General |
Franz von Hipper | Imperial Navy | June 5, 1916 | Vice admiral | ||
Karl Friedrich Bernhard Helmuth von Hobe | Prussian Army | May 31, 1814 | Major general | ||
Karl Hoefer | Prussian Army | July 23, 1916 | Colonel | April 14, 1918 | Major general |
Walter Höhndorf | Prussian Army / Air Force |
July 20, 1916 | Lieutenant in the reserve | ||
Ernst von Hoeppner | Prussian Army / Air Force |
April 8, 1917 | Lieutenant General | ||
Eberhard von Hofacker | Württemberg Army | April 26, 1917 | Lieutenant General | November 24, 1917 | Lieutenant General |
Max Hoffmann | Prussian Army | October 7, 1916 | Colonel | July 25, 1917 | Colonel |
Georg Wilhelm von Hofmann | Russian army | May 18, 1813 | major | ||
Heinrich von Hofmann | Prussian Army | November 12, 1917 | Major general | September 18, 1918 | Lieutenant General |
Max Hofmann | Prussian Army | August 28, 1915 | Lieutenant General | July 5, 1918 | General of the Infantry |
Ernst von Hohnhorst | Prussian Army | May 6, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Henning von Holtzendorff | Imperial Navy | March 22, 1917 | admiral | February 1, 1918 | admiral |
Erich Homburg | Prussian Army / Air Force |
October 13, 1918 | First lieutenant | ||
Hans-Georg Horn | Prussian Army / Air Force |
December 23, 1917 | lieutenant | ||
Heinrich Wilhelm von Horn | Prussian Army | June 6, 1794 | Prime Lieutenant | December 8, 1813 | Major general |
Rudolf von Horn | Prussian Army | September 21, 1918 | Major general | ||
Hans Howaldt | Imperial Navy | December 26, 1917 | First lieutenant at sea | ||
Christoph Georg von der Howen | Russian army | March 1814 | Colonel of the artillery | ||
George Hermann von der Howen | Russian army | March 1814 | Colonel | ||
Otto von Hügel | Württemberg Army | August 28, 1916 | General of the Infantry | ||
Walter von Hülsen | Prussian Army | April 9, 1918 | Major general | ||
Wilhelm Humser | Prussian Army | May 16, 1918 | major | ||
Paul Hundius | Imperial Navy | August 18, 1918 | Lieutenant captain | ||
Wilhelm Hundrich | Prussian Army | April 23, 1918 | Colonel | ||
Friedrich Franz von Huth | Prussian Army | January 31, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Oskar von Hutier | Prussian Army | September 6, 1917 | General of the Infantry | March 23, 1918 | General of the Infantry |
I.
Surname | Branch of service | Pour le Mérite | Rank at award | Oak leaves | Rank at award |
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Emil Ilse | Prussian Army | August 28, 1916 | Lieutenant General | ||
Max Immelmann | Saxon Army / Air Force |
January 12, 1916 | Lieutenant in the reserve |
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Surname | Branch of service | Pour le Mérite | Rank at award | Oak leaves | Rank at award |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Albano by Jacobi | Prussian Army | April 12, 1917 | General of the Infantry | ||
Josef Jacobs | Prussian Army / Air Force |
18 July 1918 | Lieutenant in the reserve | ||
Friedrich Wilhelm von Jagow | Prussian Army | October 2, 1815 | Major general | ||
Georg Johow | Prussian Army | September 21, 1916 | Colonel | ||
Edgar Josenhanß | Württemberg Army | October 28, 1918 | First lieutenant | ||
Ernst Jünger | Prussian Army | September 18, 1918 | lieutenant | ||
Andreas Franz von Jutrzenka | Prussian Army | November 28, 1793 | Ensign | ||
Carl Jakob von Jutrzenka-Morgenstern | Prussian Army | August 2, 1778 | Prime Lieutenant |
K
Surname | Branch of service | Pour le Mérite | Rank at award | Oak leaves | Rank at award |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ernst Kabisch | Prussian Army | October 9, 1918 | Major general | ||
Ernst Kaether | Prussian Army | November 8, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Hans-Heinrich von Kahlden | Prussian Army | November 6, 1918 | major | ||
Konrad Kalau from the court | Prussian Army | July 23, 1916 | Captain | ||
Georg Friedrich von Kall | Prussian Army | 1807 | major | ||
Hugo von Kathen | Prussian Army | August 28, 1916 | General of the Infantry | August 27, 1917 | General of the Infantry |
Georg Kaulbach | Prussian Army | June 2, 1918 | Colonel | ||
Wilhelm Kaupert | Prussian Army | October 29, 1918 | Major general | ||
Karl von Keizer | Prussian Army | November 24, 1917 | major | ||
Richard von Keizer | Prussian Army | April 21, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Alfred Keller | Prussian Army / Air Force |
4th December 1917 | Captain | ||
Viktor Keller | Prussian Army | March 27, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Erich Kewisch | Prussian Army | August 4, 1918 | Colonel | ||
Christoph von Kiefhaber | Bavarian Army | November 24, 1917 | Lieutenant General | ||
Paul Kienitz | Prussian Army | July 16, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Karl von Kietzell | Prussian Army | July 5, 1918 | major | ||
Günther von Kirchbach | Prussian Army | October 27, 1917 | General of the Infantry | ||
Hans von Kirchbach | Saxon Army | August 11, 1916 | General of the artillery | ||
Heinrich Kirchheim | Prussian Army | October 13, 1918 | Captain | ||
Hans Kirschstein | Prussian Army / Air Force |
June 24, 1918 | Lieutenant in the reserve | ||
Ottoissenberth | Bavarian Army / Air Force |
June 30, 1918 | First lieutenant | ||
Hans Klein | Prussian Army / Air Force |
4th December 1917 | Lieutenant in the reserve | ||
Rudolf Kleine | Prussian Army / Air Force |
October 4, 1917 | Captain | ||
Alfred von Kleist | Prussian Army | October 8, 1918 | Lieutenant General | ||
Paul Burdock | Prussian Army | April 21, 1918 | major | ||
Willi von Klewitz | Prussian Army | August 6, 1917 | Lieutenant colonel | August 26, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel |
Hans Kloebe | Prussian Army | January 20, 1918 | major | ||
Alexander von Kluck | Prussian Army | March 28, 1915 | Colonel General | ||
Robert von Klüber | Prussian Army | June 14, 1917 | major | ||
Kurt von Klüfer | Prussian Army | April 21, 1918 | major | ||
Paul von Kneussl | Bavarian Army | June 3, 1915 | Lieutenant General | January 11, 1917 | Lieutenant General |
Maximilian von Knoch | Prussian Army | August 15, 1918 | major | ||
Otto Koch | Prussian Army | April 21, 1918 | major | ||
Hermann Koehler | Württemberg Army / Air Force |
May 21, 1918 | Captain | ||
Georg Ludwig Egidius von Koehler | Prussian Army | 1761 | |||
Armin Koenemann | Prussian Army | November 28, 1917 | Major general | ||
Andreas Ernst Köhn from Jaski | Prussian Army | May 31, 1814 | Colonel | ||
Götz von König | Prussian Army | July 23, 1915 | char. General of the cavalry | ||
Otto Könnecke | Prussian Army / Air Force |
September 26, 1918 | Lieutenant in the reserve | ||
Wilhelm von Koerber | Prussian Army | January 18, 1871 | major | ||
Hermann Kövess from Kövesshaza | kuk army | 4th December 1915 | General of the Infantry | March 26, 1918 | Field Marshal |
Waldemar Kophamel | Imperial Navy | December 29, 1917 | Corvette Captain | ||
Robert Kosch | Prussian Army | February 20, 1915 | Lieutenant General | November 27, 1915 | Lieutenant General |
Konrad Kraehe | Prussian Army | October 8, 1917 | Lieutenant colonel | August 15, 1918 | Colonel |
Karl August Adolf von Krafft | Prussian Army | June 2, 1805 | October 2, 1815 | ||
Konrad Krafft from Dellmensingen | Bavarian Army | September 7, 1916 | Lieutenant General | December 11, 1916 | Lieutenant General |
Georg von Kranold | Prussian Army | September 1, 1918 | major | ||
Paul Krause | Prussian Army | April 1, 1918 | Colonel | ||
Alfred Krauss | kuk army | November 12, 1917 | General of the Infantry | ||
Erich Krebs | Prussian Army | December 23, 1917 | major | ||
Fritz Theodor Kremkow | Prussian Army / East Asian Expeditionary Corps |
November 27, 1900 | Captain | ||
Friedrich Kreß von Kressenstein | Bavarian Army | September 4, 1917 | Colonel | ||
Ernst-Karl von Kretschmann | Prussian Army | June 8, 1918 | major | ||
Eduard Kreuter | Prussian Army | October 14, 1918 | Major general | ||
Friedrich von Kriegsheim | Prussian Army | March 28, 1918 | major | ||
Heinrich Kroll | March 29, 1918 | First lieutenant in the reserve | |||
Hans Krug from Nidda | Saxon Army | October 7, 1918 | General of the cavalry | ||
Boleslaus from Kuczkowski | Prussian Army | November 24, 1917 | major | ||
Kurt Kühme | Prussian Army | August 30, 1918 | Captain | ||
Viktor Kuehne | Prussian Army | December 11, 1916 | Lieutenant General | ||
Hermann von Kuhl | Prussian Army | August 28, 1916 | Lieutenant General | December 20, 1916 | Lieutenant General |
Friedrich Kundt | Prussian Army | October 12, 1918 | Major general |
L.
Surname | Branch of service | Pour le Mérite | Rank at award | Oak leaves | Rank at award |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Maximilian von Laffert | Saxon Army | September 1, 1916 | General of the cavalry | ||
Otto Lancelle | Prussian Army | October 9, 1918 | Captain | ||
Rudolf Lange | Prussian Army | July 21, 1918 | major | ||
Felix Langer | Prussian Army | October 8, 1917 | Major general | November 7, 1918 | Lieutenant General |
Julius von Langsdorff | Prussian Army | April 22, 1918 | major | ||
Wilhelm Lans | Imperial Navy | June 25, 1900 | Corvette Captain | ||
Alfred von Larisch | Prussian Army | August 25, 1918 | General of the Infantry | ||
Arthur Laumann | Prussian Army / Air Force |
October 25, 1918 | Lieutenant in the reserve | ||
Leopold von Ledebur | Prussian Army | August 29, 1918 | Colonel | ||
Gustav Leffers | Prussian Army / Air Force |
November 5, 1916 | Lieutenant in the reserve | ||
Hermann von Lenz | Bavarian Army | April 10, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Leo Leonhardy | Prussian Army | October 2, 1918 | Captain | ||
Arnold Lequis | Prussian Army | October 11, 1917 | Major general | December 5, 1917 | Major general |
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck | Prussian Army / Protection Force for East Africa |
November 4, 1916 | Colonel | October 10, 1917 | Colonel |
Magnus von Levetzow | Imperial Navy | October 31, 1917 | Sea captain | ||
Karl von Lewinski | Prussian Army | May 2, 1915 | Major general | ||
Eduard von Liebert | Prussian Army | June 6, 1917 | General of the Infantry | ||
Hermann von der Lieth-Thomsen | Prussian Army / Air Force |
April 8, 1917 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Otto Liman from Sanders | Prussian Army / Ottoman Army |
August 23, 1915 | General of the Cavalry / Ottoman Marshal |
January 10, 1916 | General of the Cavalry / Ottoman Marshal |
Wilhelm Lincke | Prussian Army | May 12, 1917 | major | ||
Otto von der Linde | Prussian Army | September 18, 1914 | lieutenant | ||
Arthur von Lindequist | Prussian Army | December 23, 1917 | Lieutenant General | November 7, 1918 | Lieutenant General |
Alexander von Linsingen | Prussian Army | May 14, 1915 | General of the Infantry | July 3, 1915 | General of the Infantry |
Karl Litzmann | Prussian Army | November 29, 1914 | Lieutenant General | August 18, 1915 | General of the Infantry |
Ewald von Lochow | Prussian Army | January 14, 1915 | General of the Infantry | November 13, 1915 | General of the Infantry |
Robert Loeb | Prussian Army | June 17, 1918 | Lieutenant General | ||
Gerhard von Löbbecke | Prussian Army | September 7, 1918 | major | ||
Eckhard von Loeben | Prussian Army | September 30, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Bruno Loerzer | Prussian Army / Air Force |
February 12, 1918 | First lieutenant | ||
Erich Loewenhardt | Prussian Army / Air Force |
May 31, 1918 | lieutenant | ||
Johannes Lohs | Imperial Navy | April 24, 1918 | First lieutenant at sea | ||
Fritz von Loßberg | Prussian Army | September 21, 1916 | Colonel | April 24, 1917 | Colonel |
Friedrich von Luck and Witten | Prussian Army | August 29, 1918 | Colonel | ||
Erich Ludendorff | Prussian Army | August 8, 1914 | Major general | February 23, 1915 | Lieutenant General |
Max Ludwig | Prussian Army | July 5, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Rudolf Lüters | Prussian Army | September 30, 1918 | Captain | ||
Arthur von Lüttwitz | Prussian Army | November 8, 1917 | Major general | ||
Walther von Lüttwitz | Prussian Army | August 24, 1916 | Lieutenant General | March 26, 1918 | Lieutenant General |
Kurt of Lupine | Württemberg Army | March 26, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Moriz from Lyncker | Prussian Army | November 2, 1917 | General of the Infantry | ||
Karl Gottlob Sigismund von Lessel | Prussian Army | October 18, 1812 | Major in the infantry |
M.
Surname | Branch of service | Pour le Mérite | Rank at award | Oak leaves | Rank at award |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
August von Mackensen | Prussian Army | November 27, 1914 | General of the cavalry | June 14, 1915 | Colonel General |
Georg Maercker | Prussian Army | October 1, 1917 | Major general | May 3, 1918 | Major general |
Franz von Magnis | Prussian Army | September 4, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Gustav von Manstein | Prussian Army | September 20, 1866 | Lieutenant General | ||
Edwin von Manteuffel | Prussian Army | 17th August 1866 | Lieutenant General | ||
Hans Markmann | Prussian Army | February 12, 1918 | lieutenant | ||
Gottfried Marquard | Prussian Army | September 27, 1916 | Colonel | ||
Wilhelm Marshal | Imperial Navy | 4th July 1918 | Lieutenant captain | ||
Wolf Rudolf Freiherr Marshal von Altengottern | Prussian Army | September 21, 1916 | General of the cavalry | May 16, 1918 | General of the cavalry |
Georg von der Marwitz | Prussian Army | March 7, 1915 | General of the cavalry | May 14, 1915 | General of the cavalry |
Robert Mattiaß | Prussian Army | August 4, 1918 | major | ||
Willi Matthias | Prussian Army | November 22, 1917 | Colonel | ||
Heinrich von Maur | Württemberg Army | May 20, 1917 | Major general | ||
Wilhelm Meckel | Prussian Army | August 26, 1917 | Major general | ||
Friedrich Franz II of Mecklenburg | Prussian Army | August 9, 1866 | General of the Infantry | ||
Johann master | Saxon Army / Protection Force for German South West Africa |
November 2, 1905 | major | ||
Hans-Joachim von Mellenthin | Imperial Navy | February 25, 1918 | Lieutenant captain | ||
Carl Menckhoff | Prussian Army / Air Force |
April 2, 1918 | Lieutenant in the reserve | ||
Carl Merkel | Prussian Army | May 3, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Max von Mertens | Prussian Army | September 11, 1918 | Captain | ||
Hermann Mertz von Quirnheim | Bavarian Army | March 28, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Horst von Metzsch | Saxon Army | October 7, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Wilhelm Ludwig von Meusel | Prussian Army | May 28, 1774 | major | ||
Emil Berthold Meyer | Prussian Army | November 8, 1918 | Reserve captain | ||
Friedrich von Miaskowski | Prussian Army | April 21, 1918 | major | ||
Andreas Michelsen | Imperial Navy | May 31, 1918 | Sea captain | ||
Leopold Milisch | Prussian Army | October 25, 1918 | major | ||
Arnold von Möhl | Bavarian Army | October 9, 1918 | Major general | ||
Richard Moeller | Prussian Army | May 20, 1917 | major | ||
Axel Otto Mörner | Swedish army | February 11, 1814 | |||
Helmuth von Moltke | Prussian Army | August 7, 1915 | Colonel General | ||
Robert Moraht | Imperial Navy | November 7, 1917 | Lieutenant captain | ||
Kurt of tomorrow | Prussian Army | December 1, 1914 | Lieutenant General | December 11, 1916 | Lieutenant General |
Johann Melchior von Morgenstern | Prussian Army | May 6, 1774 | major | ||
Engelbert von Morsbach | Prussian Army | July 5, 1918 | major | ||
Otto von Moser | Württemberg Army | April 26, 1917 | Lieutenant General | ||
Carl Rudolph von Mosch | Prussian Army | January 18, 1774 | |||
Christoph Friedrich von Mosch | Prussian Army | March 5, 1795 | |||
Maximilian Gottlob von Mosch | Prussian Army | August 15, 1760 | |||
Bruno from Mudra | Prussian Army | January 13, 1915 | General of the Infantry | October 17, 1916 | General of the Infantry |
Georg Mühry | Prussian Army | October 25, 1918 | Major general | ||
Ferdinand Mueller | Prussian Army | August 15, 1918 | major | ||
Georg Alexander von Müller | Imperial Navy | March 24, 1918 | admiral | ||
Karl von Müller | Imperial Navy | March 19, 1918 | Sea captain | ||
Max Muller | Bavarian Army / Air Force |
September 3, 1917 | lieutenant | ||
Otto Mueller | Prussian Army | September 17, 1918 | major | ||
Rudolf Müller | Prussian Army | August 15, 1918 | major | ||
Albert Müller-Kahle | Prussian Army / Air Force |
October 13, 1918 | lieutenant | ||
Max Mulzer | Bavarian Army / Air Force |
July 8, 1916 | lieutenant | ||
Albert of Mutius | Prussian Army | September 4, 1918 | Lieutenant General | ||
Louis of Mutius | Prussian Army | July 28, 1866 |
N
Surname | Branch of service | Pour le Mérite | Rank at award | Oak leaves | Rank at award |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ulrich Neckel | Prussian Army / Air Force |
November 8, 1918 | Lieutenant in the reserve | ||
Carl Nehbel | Prussian Army | September 30, 1918 | Major general | ||
Karl August Nerger | Imperial Navy | February 24, 1918 | Frigate captain | ||
David von Neumann | Prussian Army | August 3, 1793 | major | ||
Friedrich Nielebock | Prussian Army | June 2, 1918 | Lieutenant of the Landwehr | ||
Maresuke Nogi | Japanese army | January 10, 1905 | general |
O
Surname | Branch of service | Pour le Mérite | Rank at award | Oak leaves | Rank at award |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Curt of Austria | Prussian Army | June 5, 1918 | Captain | ||
Eugene of Austria-Teschen | kuk army | May 23, 1916 | Colonel General | November 3, 1917 | Field Marshal |
Franz Joseph I. | kuk army | August 27, 1914 | Field Marshal | ||
Friedrich of Austria-Teschen | kuk army | May 12, 1915 | Field Marshal | January 4, 1917 | Field Marshal |
Joseph August of Austria | kuk army | March 30, 1917 | Colonel General | March 26, 1918 | Field Marshal |
Charles I (Austria-Hungary) | kuk army | May 20, 1916 | Field Marshal Lieutenant | December 6, 1916 | Colonel General |
Horst von Oetinger | Prussian Army | March 26, 1918 | Lieutenant General | ||
Erich von Oldershausen | Saxon Army | December 23, 1917 | Colonel | March 26, 1918 | |
Martin of Oldershausen | Saxon Army | May 20, 1917 | Colonel | ||
Gustav von Oppen | Prussian Army | November 1, 1918 | Colonel | ||
Wilhelm Osiander | Prussian Army | November 6, 1918 | major | ||
Albrecht Sigismund von Ostau | Prussian Army | 1742 | Second Lieutenant | ||
Friedrich Egidius von Ostau | Prussian Army | July 18, 1807 | Staff Captain | ||
Heinrich von Ostau | Prussian Army | 1742 | captain | ||
Theodor Osterkamp | Imperial Navy / Seeflieger |
September 2, 1918 | Lieutenant of the Marine Artillery Reserve | ||
Martin Otto | Prussian Army | August 15, 1918 | major | ||
Adolf von Oven | Prussian Army | September 22, 1918 | General of the Infantry | ||
Ernst von Oven | Prussian Army | October 25, 1918 | Lieutenant General | ||
Georg von Oven | Prussian Army | October 12, 1917 | Lieutenant colonel |
P
Surname | Branch of service | Pour le Mérite | Rank at award | Oak leaves | Rank at award |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leo von Paczynski-Tenczin | Prussian Army | November 29, 1917 | Colonel | ||
Günther von Pannewitz | Prussian Army | September 13, 1916 | General of the Infantry | ||
Alexander von Pape | Prussian Army | March 22, 1872 | Lieutenant General | ||
Karl Theodor von Pappenheim | Bavarian Army | July 1814 | Major general | ||
Otto Parschau | Prussian Army / Air Force |
July 10, 1916 | lieutenant | ||
Karl Paulus | Bavarian Army | October 13, 1918 | Colonel | ||
Richard von Pawelsz | Prussian Army | December 23, 1917 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Paul von Pechmann | Prussian Army / Air Force |
July 31, 1917 | First lieutenant | ||
Peter of Pennavaire | Prussian Army | June 1747 | Colonel | ||
Axel von Petersdorff | Prussian Army | April 22, 1918 | Major general | ||
Hans Petri | Prussian Army | October 28, 1918 | major | ||
Wilhelm Pfaehler | Prussian Army | October 9, 1918 | major | ||
Clemens Pfafferott | Prussian Army | October 30, 1918 | major | ||
Georg Friedrich Wilhelm von Pfeilitzer called Franck | Prussian Army | 1787 | lieutenant | ||
Benno Pflugradt | Prussian Army | November 3, 1918 | major | ||
August von Pfuhl | Prussian Army | July 31, 1849 | |||
Carl Ludwig von Pfuel | Prussian Army | August 16, 1791 | Major general | ||
Christian Ludwig von Pfuel | Prussian Army | 1742 | major | ||
Christoph Ludwig von Pfuel | Prussian Army | August 29, 1794 | |||
Dietrich Bogislav von Pfuel | Prussian Army | 1807 | major | ||
Ernst Ludwig von Pfuel | Prussian Army | July 26, 1762 | major | ||
Ernst von Pfuel | Prussian Army | December 28, 1814 | Colonel | December 31, 1831 | Lieutenant General |
Franz Wilhelm von Pfuel | Prussian Army | Major general | |||
Georg Dietrich von Pfuel | Prussian Army | May 27, 1762 | Captain | ||
Karl August von Pfuel | Prussian Army | November 27, 1756 | First lieutenant | ||
Karl Ludwig von Pfuel | Prussian Army | April 18, 1793 | major | ||
Viktor von Pfuel | Prussian Army | May 1742 | Captain | ||
Arthur Pikardi | Prussian Army | July 6, 1918 | major | ||
Friedrich von Pirscher | Prussian Army | May 5, 1918 | major | ||
Horst Edler from the Planitz | Saxon Army | May 20, 1917 | General of the Infantry | ||
Axel von Platen | Prussian Army | April 21, 1918 | major | ||
Otto Plath | Prussian Army | August 27, 1918 | Reserve captain | ||
Karl von Plehwe | Prussian Army | April 21, 1918 | Reserve captain | ||
Hans von Plessen | Prussian Army | March 24, 1918 | Colonel General | ||
Karl von Plettenberg | Prussian Army | May 14, 1915 | General of the Infantry | September 1915 | General of the Infantry |
Otto von Plüskow | Prussian Army | May 11, 1917 | General of the Infantry | ||
Theophil von Podbielski | Prussian Army | September 18, 1866 | Major general | March 5, 1871 | Lieutenant General |
Georg Pohlmann | Prussian Army | October 4, 1918 | Major general | ||
Rudolph Popelka | kuk army | October 11, 1918 | Colonel | ||
Charles of Prager | Bavarian Army | December 23, 1917 | major | ||
Ludwig von Preuschen von und zu Liebenstein |
Prussian Army | June 17, 1918 | Captain | ||
Hans Preusker | Prussian Army | July 27, 1917 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Albrecht of Prussia | Prussian Army | September 19, 1866 | Major general | March 10, 1871 | Lieutenant General |
Vain Friedrich of Prussia | Prussian Army | March 22, 1915 | Colonel | May 14, 1915 | Colonel |
Friedrich Karl Nikolaus of Prussia | Prussian Army | February 27, 1864 | General of the cavalry | September 20, 1873 | Field Marshal General |
Heinrich of Prussia | Imperial Navy | August 1, 1916 | Grand Admiral | January 24, 1918 | Grand Admiral |
Wilhelm I. | Prussian Army | July 27, 1849 | General of the Infantry | 4th August 1866 | Colonel General |
Wilhelm II. | Prussian Army | February 15, 1915 | Field Marshal General | May 12, 1915 | Field Marshal General |
Wilhelm of Prussia | Prussian Army | August 22, 1915 | Lieutenant General | September 8, 1916 | Lieutenant General |
Wilhelm Preusser | Prussian Army | July 6, 1918 | Captain | ||
Kurt von Buchau | Prussian Army | May 11, 1918 | Major general | ||
Kurt von Pritzelwitz | Prussian Army | January 12, 1916 | General of the Infantry | ||
Fritz Pütter | Prussian Army / Air Force |
May 31, 1918 | Lieutenant in the reserve | ||
Wilhelm von Puttkamer | Prussian Army | October 26, 1918 | Lieutenant General |
Q
Surname | Branch of service | Pour le Mérite | Rank at award | Oak leaves | Rank at award |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ferdinand von Quast | Prussian Army | August 11, 1916 | General of the Infantry | April 10, 1918 | General of the Infantry |
Kurt-Moritz von Quednow | Prussian Army | August 30, 1918 | major |
R.
Surname | Branch of service | Pour le Mérite | Rank at award | Oak leaves | Rank at award |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kurt Rackow | Prussian Army | June 7, 1916 | lieutenant | ||
Franz de Rainville | Prussian Army | November 6, 1918 | major | ||
Gustav von Rauch | Prussian Army |
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major | June 3, 1814 | Major general |
Otto von Rauchberger | Bavarian Army | September 6, 1917 | Lieutenant General | October 19, 1918 | Lieutenant General |
Eugen von Raumer | 1793 | ||||
Karl Albrecht Friedrich von Raumer | July 21, 1762 | ||||
Johann von Ravenstein | Prussian Army | June 23, 1918 | Captain | ||
Armin Reichenbach | Prussian Army | April 21, 1918 | Captain | ||
Wilhelm Reinhard | Prussian Army | August 27, 1917 | Lieutenant colonel | October 1, 1918 | Colonel |
Walther Reinhardt | Württemberg Army | April 30, 1917 | Lieutenant colonel | June 3, 1918 | Colonel |
Hermann Reinicke | Prussian Army | December 8, 1917 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Clemens von Reitzenstein | Prussian Army | November 8, 1918 | Colonel | ||
Theodor Renner | Prussian Army | September 1, 1918 | Major general | ||
Karl von Rettberg | Prussian Army | November 24, 1917 | major | ||
Wilhelm Ribbentrop | Prussian Army | September 18, 1918 | Major general | ||
Lothar von Richthofen | Prussian Army / Air Force |
May 14, 1917 | lieutenant | ||
Manfred von Richthofen | Prussian Army / Air Force |
January 12, 1917 | First lieutenant | ||
Manfred von Richthofen | Prussian Army | January 18, 1918 | General of the cavalry | ||
Julius Riemann | Prussian Army | March 16, 1915 | General of the Infantry | ||
Peter Rieper | Prussian Army | July 7, 1918 | Lieutenant in the reserve | ||
Hans Eberhard von Riesenthal | Prussian Army | April 22, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Siegfried Rodig | Prussian Army | April 21, 1918 | Colonel | ||
Dietrich von Roeder | Prussian Army | April 17, 1918 | Major general | ||
Friedrich von Röth | Bavarian Army | September 8, 1918 | First lieutenant in the reserve | ||
Erwin Rommel | Württemberg Army | December 10, 1917 | First lieutenant | ||
Albrecht von Roon | Prussian Army | October 18, 1870 | Field Marshal General | ||
Berend Roosen | Prussian Army | April 9, 1918 | major | ||
Hans Rose | Imperial Navy | December 20, 1917 | Lieutenant captain | ||
Hugo von Rosenberg | Imperial Navy | 4th December 1917 | Frigate captain | ||
Albert von Rotberg | Prussian Army | June 30, 1918 | major | ||
Moritz Rothenbücher | Prussian Army | August 15, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Karl Rothenburg | Prussian Army | June 30, 1918 | Lieutenant in the reserve | ||
Hermann Rudolph | Prussian Army | October 25, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Fritz Rümmelein | Prussian Army | October 28, 1918 | Lieutenant in the reserve | ||
Otto Ruhnau | Prussian Army | April 22, 1918 | major | ||
Prince Charles of Romania | December 18, 1877 | ||||
Fritz Rumey | Prussian Army / Air Force |
July 10, 1918 | Lieutenant in the reserve | ||
Siegfried Runge | Prussian Army | August 30, 1918 | Captain | ||
Rudolf Rusche | Prussian Army | November 4, 1918 | Lieutenant General |
S.
Surname | Branch of service | Pour le Mérite | Rank at award | Oak leaves | Rank at award |
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Gerhard von Scharnhorst | Prussian Army | February 9, 1807 | Lieutenant General | ||
Friedrich August III. of Saxony | Saxon Army / Prussian Army |
December 29, 1916 | Field Marshal General | ||
Ernst II of Saxe-Altenburg | Saxon Army / Prussian Army |
May 30, 1915 | General of the Infantry | ||
Gotthard Sachsenberg | Imperial Navy / Seeflieger |
August 5, 1918 | Lieutenant at sea | ||
Sieghard von Saldern | Prussian Army | May 21, 1918 | Captain | ||
Reinhold Saltzwedel | Imperial Navy | August 20, 1917 | First lieutenant at sea | ||
Philipp Sander | Prussian Army | May 6, 1918 | major | ||
Traugott from Sauberzweig | Prussian Army | September 6, 1917 | Major general | March 23, 1918 | Major general |
Hans von Schachtmeyer | Prussian Army | 1871 | General of the Infantry | ||
Karl-Emil Schäfer | Prussian Army | April 26, 1917 | lieutenant | ||
Ernst Schaumburg | Prussian Army | April 21, 1918 | Captain | ||
Reinhard Scheer | Imperial Navy | June 5, 1916 | admiral | February 1, 1918 | admiral |
Reinhard von Scheffer-Boyadel | Prussian Army | December 2, 1914 | General of the Infantry | ||
Nikola Shekov | Bulgarian army | January 18, 1916 | Major general | ||
Friedrich von Schele | Prussian Army / Imperial Protection Force |
November 20, 1894 | Colonel | ||
Felix Schelle | Prussian Army | June 30, 1918 | major | ||
Dedo von Schenck | Prussian Army | October 2, 1916 | General of the Infantry | ||
Werner Schering | Prussian Army | September 3, 1918 | major | ||
Heinrich Schëuch | Prussian Army | April 8, 1918 | Major general | ||
Peter Scheunemann | Prussian Army | April 1, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Jacob von Schilling | Russian army | October 13, 1814 | Lieutenant General | ||
Ernst von Schimmelmann | Prussian Army | July 16, 1918 | major | ||
Max-Friedrich von Schlechtendal | Prussian Army | July 27, 1917 | Colonel | ||
Eduard von Schleich | Bavarian Army / Air Force |
4th December 1917 | First lieutenant in the reserve | ||
Walter von Schleinitz | Prussian Army | October 31, 1917 | major | ||
Heinrich Schmedes | Prussian Army | October 5, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Eberhard von Schmettow | Prussian Army | December 11, 1916 | Lieutenant General | August 4, 1918 | Lieutenant General |
Egon von Schmettow | Prussian Army | November 4, 1917 | Lieutenant General | ||
Hans Schmid | Prussian Army | July 27, 1917 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Ehrhard Schmidt | Imperial Navy | October 31, 1917 | Vice admiral | ||
Konstantin Schmidt von Knobelsdorf | Prussian Army | October 17, 1915 | Lieutenant General | August 21, 1916 | Lieutenant General |
Johann von Schmidtler | Bavarian Army | October 26, 1918 | major | ||
Walther Schnieber | Prussian Army | October 27, 1917 | lieutenant | ||
Rudolf Schniewindt | Prussian Army | August 4, 1918 | major | ||
Wilhelm Schniewindt | Prussian Army | May 21, 1918 | major | ||
Emil von Schnizer | Württemberg Army | August 27, 1918 | major | ||
Roderich von Schoeler | Prussian Army | June 30, 1918 | Lieutenant General | ||
Albert Schoen | Prussian Army | October 25, 1918 | major | ||
Ernst von Schönfeldt | Prussian Army | November 6, 1918 | major | ||
Ferdinand Schörner | Bavarian Army | December 5, 1917 | Lieutenant in the reserve | ||
Erich Scholtz | Prussian Army | December 23, 1917 | Captain | ||
Friedrich von Scholtz | Prussian Army | September 3, 1915 | General of the artillery | ||
Wilhelm Paul Schreiber | Prussian Army | June 8, 1918 (posthumous) | Lieutenant in the reserve | ||
Ludwig von Schröder | Imperial Navy | October 20, 1915 | admiral | December 23, 1917 | admiral |
Richard von Schubert | Prussian Army | August 28, 1916 | General of the artillery | ||
Georg von Schüssler | Prussian Army | April 22, 1918 | Lieutenant General | ||
Ernst Schütz | Prussian Army | May 20, 1917 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Friedrich von der Schulenburg | Prussian Army | July 24, 1917 | Colonel | March 23, 1918 | Colonel |
Karl von der Schulenburg-Wolfsburg | Prussian Army | October 8, 1917 | Colonel | ||
Ernst Otto Schuler from Senden | Prussian Army | March 3, 1871 | Lieutenant General | ||
Otto Schultze | Imperial Navy | March 18, 1918 | Lieutenant captain | ||
Walter Schulz | Prussian Army | October 4, 1918 | major | ||
Arnold von Schutter | Prussian Army | October 2, 1815 | Lieutenant General | October 2, 1815 | Lieutenant General |
Adolf Schwab | Württemberg Army | November 6, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Emil von Schwartzkoppen | Prussian Army | September 20, 1866 | General of the Infantry | ||
Detlof von Schwerin | Prussian Army | June 12, 1918 | Colonel | ||
Oskar Schwerk | Prussian Army | September 21, 1916 | Lieutenant colonel | May 2, 1917 | Lieutenant colonel |
Walther Schwieger | Imperial Navy | July 30, 1917 | Lieutenant captain | ||
Hans von Seeckt | Prussian Army | May 14, 1915 | Colonel | November 27, 1915 | Major general |
Just-Friedrich von Seelhorst | Prussian Army | November 26, 1917 | major | ||
Hans Sehmsdorf | Prussian Army | October 17, 1918 | major | ||
Karl Seidel | Prussian Army | October 9, 1918 | Reserve captain | ||
Reinhard Seiler | Prussian Army | January 31, 1918 | Captain | ||
Fritz von Selle | Prussian Army | January 6, 1918 | Colonel | ||
Georg Sick | Prussian Army | May 20, 1917 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Ludwig winner | Prussian Army | April 27, 1918 | Lieutenant General | November 3, 1918 | Lieutenant General |
Gustav Sieß | Imperial Navy | April 24, 1918 | Lieutenant captain | ||
Friedrich Bertram Sixt from Armin | Prussian Army | August 10, 1916 | General of the Infantry | ||
Alfred von Soden | Prussian Army / East Asian Expeditionary Corps |
20th September 1900 | Prime Lieutenant | ||
Franz von Soden | Württemberg Army | July 27, 1917 | General of the Infantry | ||
Friedrich Georg von Sohr | Prussian Army | January 16, 1795 | Second Lieutenant | ||
George Soldan | Prussian Army | April 22, 1918 | Captain | ||
George from Sunday | Russian army | August 11, 1813 | Captain | ||
Hans Sottorf | Prussian Army | November 1, 1918 | Captain | ||
Wilhelm Souchon | Imperial Navy / Ottoman Navy |
October 29, 1916 | Vice admiral | ||
Theodor Sproesser | Württemberg Army | December 10, 1917 | major | ||
Hermann von Staabs | Prussian Army | December 11, 1916 | Lieutenant General | ||
Markus Stachow | Prussian Army | November 28, 1917 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Max Stapff | Prussian Army | December 23, 1917 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Hermann von Stein | Prussian Army | September 1, 1916 | Lieutenant General | April 8, 1918 | General of the artillery |
Hermann von Stein zu Nordheim and Ostheim | Bavarian Army | August 20, 1917 | Lieutenant General | November 24, 1917 | Lieutenant General |
Karl Friedrich Franciscus von Steinmetz | Prussian Army | 1807 | Lieutenant General | 1815 | |
Wolfgang Steinbauer | Imperial Navy | March 3, 1918 | First lieutenant at sea | ||
Otto Steinbrinck | Imperial Navy | March 29, 1916 | First lieutenant at sea | ||
Adolf Steinwachs | Prussian Army | May 2, 1917 | major | ||
Albrecht Steppuhn | Prussian Army | June 17, 1918 | major | ||
Otto von Stetten | Bavarian Army | September 22, 1916 | Lieutenant General | ||
Kuno von Steuben | Prussian Army | October 13, 1915 | General of the Infantry | ||
Otto Stobbe | Prussian Army | November 6, 1918 | major | ||
Julius von Stoeklern zu Grünholzek | Prussian Army | June 23, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Anatoly Michailowitsch Pestle | Russian army | January 10, 1905 | Lieutenant General | ||
Gustav Stoffleth | Prussian Army | January 22, 1918 | Captain | ||
Paul von Stolzmann | Prussian Army | July 7, 1915 | Major general | ||
Albrecht von Stosch | Prussian Army | October 21, 1918 | major | ||
Heinrich Strack | Prussian Army | October 30, 1918 | Captain | ||
Hermann von Strantz | Prussian Army | August 22, 1915 | General of the Infantry | ||
Peter Strasser | Imperial Navy | August 20, 1917 | Frigate captain | ||
Edwin von Stülpnagel | Prussian Army | August 4, 1918 | major | ||
Georg von Stülpnagel | Prussian Army | August 8, 1813 | Lieutenant General | ||
Karl von Stumpff | Prussian Army | April 22, 1918 | Lieutenant General | ||
Wolff von Stutterheim | Prussian Army | August 29, 1918 | First lieutenant | ||
Hans von Sydow | Prussian Army | January 6, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel |
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Surname | Branch of service | Pour le Mérite | Rank at award | Oak leaves | Rank at award |
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Ludwig von der Tann-Rathsamhausen | Bavarian Army | December 22, 1870 | General of the Infantry | ||
Gerhard groping | Prussian Army | September 11, 1915 | Major general | January 27, 1916 | Major general |
Friedrich von Taysen | Prussian Army | January 6, 1918 | Colonel | ||
Theodor Teetzmann | Prussian Army | October 11, 1917 | Major general | ||
Rudolf Teichmann | Prussian Army | May 18, 1918 | Captain | ||
Otto Teschner | Prussian Army | January 22, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Wilhelm von Thadden | Prussian Army | October 8, 1917 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Albrecht von Thaer | Prussian Army | August 6, 1917 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Hugo von Thile | Prussian Army | September 20, 1866 | Colonel | ||
Karl Thom | Prussian Army / Air Force |
November 1, 1918 | Lieutenant in the reserve | ||
August von Thümen | Prussian Army | June 15, 1802 | major | October 21, 1813 | Major general |
Emil Thuy | Prussian Army / Air Force |
June 30, 1918 | Lieutenant in the reserve | ||
Paul Tiede | Prussian Army | April 17, 1918 | Major general | October 25, 1918 | Major general |
August from Tippelskirch | Prussian Army | October 15, 1918 | Reserve captain | ||
Ernst Ludwig von Tippelskirch | Prussian Army | February 17, 1807 | Staff Captain | June 18, 1815 | Major general |
Alfred von Tirpitz | Imperial Navy | August 10, 1915 | Grand Admiral | ||
Georgi Stoyanov Todorov | Bulgarian army | October 14, 1917 | General of the Infantry | ||
Emil Trebing | Prussian Army | April 14, 1918 | Lieutenant in the reserve | ||
Walter Trenk | Prussian Army | July 15, 1918 | Captain | ||
Karl Alexander Wilhelm von Treskow | Prussian Army | October 18, 1812 | Major general | ||
Horst Treusch von Buttlar-Brandenfels | Imperial Navy | April 9, 1918 | Lieutenant captain | ||
Hans of Troilo | Prussian Army | July 5, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Adolf von Trotha | Imperial Navy | June 5, 1916 | Sea captain | ||
Lothar von Trotha | Prussian Army / Imperial Protection Force |
November 2, 1905 | Lieutenant General | ||
Erich von Tschischwitz | Prussian Army | November 9, 1917 | Colonel | March 23, 1918 | Colonel |
Adolf von Tutschek | Bavarian Army / Air Force |
August 3, 1917 | First lieutenant | ||
Ludwig von Tutschek | Bavarian Army | December 8, 1917 | Major general |
U
Surname | Branch of service | Pour le Mérite | Rank at award | Oak leaves | Rank at award |
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Ernst Udet | Prussian Army / Air Force |
April 9, 1918 | Lieutenant in the reserve | ||
Ernst von Uechtritz and Steinkirch | Prussian Army | October 21, 1918 | Major general | ||
Umberto, Crown Prince of Italy | Italian army | May 29, 1872 | Major general | ||
Ernst von Unger | Prussian Army | September 20, 1866 | major | ||
Walter von Unruh | Prussian Army | April 21, 1918 | major | ||
Guido from Usedom | Imperial Navy | April 5, 1902 | Sea captain | August 23, 1915 | char. admiral |
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Surname | Branch of service | Pour le Mérite | Rank at award | Oak leaves | Rank at award |
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Hans Peter van Vaernewyck | Prussian Army | September 18, 1918 | major | ||
Max Valentiner | Imperial Army | December 26, 1916 | Lieutenant captain | ||
Joseph Veltjens | Prussian Army / Air Force |
August 16, 1918 | Lieutenant in the reserve | ||
Detlev Vett | Prussian Army | October 4, 1918 | Lieutenant General | ||
Max Viebeg | Imperial Navy | January 31, 1918 | Lieutenant captain | ||
Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy | Italian army | May 29, 1872 | |||
Julius von Voigts-Rhetz | Prussian Army | January 18, 1871 | Colonel | ||
William von Voigts-Rhetz | Prussian Army | September 20, 1866 | |||
Alfred von Vollard-Bockelberg | Prussian Army | November 4, 1917 | major | ||
Hans von Voss | Prussian Army | December 23, 1917 | major | ||
Werner Voss | Prussian Army / Air Force |
April 8, 1917 | Lieutenant in the reserve |
W.
Surname | Branch of service | Pour le Mérite | Rank at award | Oak leaves | Rank at award |
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Alfred von Waldersee | Prussian Army | July 30, 1901 | Field Marshal General | ||
Emil Waldorf | Prussian Army | November 1, 1918 | Lieutenant General | ||
Alfred von Waldstätten | kuk army | November 3, 1917 | Major general | ||
Hans Walther | Imperial Navy | January 9, 1917 | Lieutenant captain | ||
Gerhard Cornelius from Walrave | Prussian Army | May 4, 1741 | Major general | ||
Rudolf Walther von Monbary | Prussian Army | September 20, 1866 | Colonel | ||
Franz Josef Walz | Prussian Army / Air Force |
August 9, 1918 | Captain | ||
Curt von Wangenheim | Prussian Army | September 3, 1917 | Colonel | ||
Charles-Emmanuel de Warnery | Prussian Army | 1756 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Hermann Ludwig von Wartensleben | Prussian Army | January 19, 1873 | Colonel | ||
Erwin Wassner | Imperial Navy | March 5, 1918 | Lieutenant captain | ||
Oskar von Watter | Württemberg Army | December 23, 1917 | Lieutenant General | November 3, 1918 | Lieutenant General |
Theodor von Watter | Württemberg Army | September 1, 1916 | General of the Infantry | ||
Theodor von Weber | Prussian Army | October 8, 1918 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Otto Weddigen | Imperial Navy | October 24, 1914 | Lieutenant captain | ||
Friedrich von Wedekind | Prussian Army | August 15, 1918 | major | ||
Hasso von Wedel | Prussian Army | August 27, 1917 | Major general | November 24, 1917 | Major general |
Georg von Wedell | Prussian Army | September 20, 1866 | Colonel | Major general | |
Richard Wellmann | Prussian Army | December 23, 1917 | Lieutenant General | October 26, 1918 | Lieutenant General |
Karl von Wenckstern | Prussian Army | August 27, 1918 | Captain | ||
Karl von Wenninger | Bavarian Army | May 1, 1917 | Lieutenant General | ||
Ralph Wenniger | Imperial Navy | March 30, 1918 | Lieutenant captain | ||
Bernhard von Werder | Prussian Army | 17th September 1866 | General of the Infantry | ||
Hans von Werder | Prussian Army | May 3, 1918 | Colonel | ||
Wilhelm Werner | Imperial Navy | August 18, 1918 | Lieutenant captain | ||
Eduard von Westhoven | Prussian Army | April 1, 1918 | major | ||
Georg Wetzell | Prussian Army | December 11, 1916 | major | November 1, 1917 | major |
Hermann von Wichmann | Prussian Army | September 16, 1866 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Georg Wichura | Prussian Army | April 26, 1917 | General of the Infantry | June 8, 1918 | General of the Infantry |
Hermann Wilck | Prussian Army | October 9, 1918 | Captain | ||
Adolf Wild von Hohenborn | Prussian Army | August 2, 1915 | Lieutenant General | October 11, 1918 | Lieutenant General |
Friedrich Wilhelm von Willisen | Prussian Army | November 1, 1917 | major | ||
Karl Willweber | Prussian Army | September 3, 1918 | Lieutenant in the reserve | ||
Arnold von Winckler | Prussian Army | November 27, 1915 | Lieutenant General | June 15, 1917 | General of the Infantry |
Rudolf Windisch | Saxon Army / Air Force |
June 6, 1918 | Lieutenant in the reserve | ||
Kurt Wintgens | Prussian Army / Air Force |
July 1, 1916 | lieutenant | ||
Eduard Wittekind | Prussian Army | 4th December 1917 | Captain | ||
Friedrich Karl von Witzleben | Prussian Army | June 23, 1918 | Colonel | ||
Georg Eggert from Woedtke | Prussian Army | May 26, 1747 | |||
Ernst Christoph Alexander Freiherr von Wolff | Russian army | May 13, 1814 | Guard Rittmeister | ||
Horst von Wolff | Prussian Army | November 28, 1917 | Captain | ||
Kurt Wolff | Prussian Army / Air Force |
May 4, 1917 | First lieutenant | ||
Siegfried Woltersdorf | Prussian Army | October 28, 1918 | major | ||
Remus of Woyrsch | Prussian Army | October 25, 1914 | General of the Infantry | July 23, 1915 | Colonel General |
August Friedrich Ludwig von Wrangel | Prussian Army | December 31, 1806 | Rittmeister | ||
Friedrich von Wrangel | Prussian Army | July 18, 1807 | Second Lieutenant | September 13, 1848 | General of the cavalry |
Friedrich Ernst von Wrangel | Prussian Army | September 5, 1757 | Prime Lieutenant | ||
Karl von Wrangel | Prussian Army | September 20, 1866 | Major general | December 5, 1870 | Lieutenant General |
Ernst von Wrisberg | Prussian Army | April 8, 1918 | Major general | ||
Hermann Wülfing | Prussian Army | October 30, 1918 | major | ||
Otto wishes | Imperial Navy | December 20, 1917 | Lieutenant captain | ||
Albrecht of Württemberg | Württemberg Army / Prussian Army |
August 22, 1915 | Colonel General | February 25, 1918 | Field Marshal General |
August of Württemberg | Prussian Army | August 3, 1866 | General of the cavalry | June 16, 1871 | General of the cavalry |
Wilhelm of Württemberg | March 22, 1864 | Feldzeugmeister | |||
Wilhelm II of Württemberg | Württemberg Army | January 24, 1917 | General of the cavalry | ||
Kurt Wüsthoff | Prussian Army / Air Force |
November 22, 1917 | Lieutenant in the reserve | ||
Friedrich Wulff | Prussian Army | October 8, 1918 | major | ||
Gustav Adolf von Wulffen | Prussian Army | April 21, 1918 | Captain |
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Surname | Branch of service | Pour le Mérite | Rank at award | Oak leaves | Rank at award |
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Oskar von Xylander | Bavarian Army | August 20, 1916 | General of the Infantry |
Y
Surname | Branch of service | Pour le Mérite | Rank at award | Oak leaves | Rank at award |
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Ernst Count Yorck von Wartenburg | Prussian Army | September 23, 1918 | major | ||
Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg | Prussian Army | May 27, 1813 | Lieutenant General |
Z
Surname | Branch of service | Pour le Mérite | Rank at award | Oak leaves | Rank at award |
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Alfred Ziethen | Prussian Army | June 14, 1915 | Major general | ||
Nikola Zhekov (or Schekow ) | Bulgarian army | January 18, 1916 | Lieutenant General | ||
Max increases | Prussian Army | November 29, 1917 | Lieutenant colonel | ||
Johann von Zwehl | Prussian Army | September 8, 1914 | General of the Infantry | October 17, 1916 | General of the Infantry |
literature
- Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Christian Zweng: The knights of the order Pour le Mérite 1740-1918. Biblio Verlag, ISBN 3-7648-2503-0 .
- Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Christian Zweng: The knights of the order Pour le Mérite of the First World War. Volume 1: A-G. Biblio Verlag, ISBN 3-7648-2505-7 .
- Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Christian Zweng: The knights of the order Pour le Mérite of the First World War. Volume 2: HO. Biblio Verlag, ISBN 3-7648-2516-2 .
- Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Christian Zweng: The knights of the order Pour le Mérite of the First World War. Volume 2: P-Z. Biblio Verlag, Bissendorf 2011, ISBN 3-7648-2586-3 .
- Gustaf Lehmann: The knights of the order Pour le Mérite. Volume 1: 1740-1811. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1913 ( digitized version )
Web links
- List of the bearers of the Pour le Mérite from 1813 to 1913
- The Knights of the Order Pour le Mérite 1740–1807
Individual evidence
- ^ Kurd Wolfgang von Schöning : The generals of the Chur-Brandenburg and royal Prussian armies from 1640-1840. CG Lüderitz, 1840, p. 353 ( limited preview in the Google book search).