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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
H
| Surname | Branch of service | Pour le Mérite | Rank at award | Oak leaves | Rank at award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emil Ilse | Prussian Army | August 28, 1916 | Lieutenant General | ||
| Max Immelmann | Saxon Army / Air Force |
January 12, 1916 | Lieutenant in the reserve |
J
| 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 |
|
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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| Surname | Branch of service | Pour le Mérite | Rank at award | Oak leaves | Rank at award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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| Surname | Branch of service | Pour le Mérite | Rank at award | Oak leaves | Rank at award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oskar von Xylander | Bavarian Army | August 20, 1916 | General of the Infantry |
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| Surname | Branch of service | Pour le Mérite | Rank at award | Oak leaves | Rank at award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernst Count Yorck von Wartenburg | Prussian Army | September 23, 1918 | major | ||
| Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg | Prussian Army | May 27, 1813 | Lieutenant General |
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| Surname | Branch of service | Pour le Mérite | Rank at award | Oak leaves | Rank at award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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).