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Je vous propose un post sur cette decoration Allemande mythique: l'Ordre pour le mérite (en français dans le texte!).
Cette décoration, qui est exclusivement reservée au corps des officiers, est la plus haute décoration de l'Allemagne impériale: elle a été décernée 687 fois entre 1914 et 1918.
Il est créé à l'origine en 1740 par le roi Frédéric II de Prusse (Frédéric le Grand) sur la base d'un Ordre plus ancien pour récompenser les actes de Mérite aussi bien militaires que civils. Il est ecrit sur la médaille bleue ''pour le mérite'' en lettres dorées ( en français ). Le ruban ressemble à celui de la Croix de fer et autour de la médaille sont enserrés quatre aigles.
Ici, la médaille civile de l'Ordre pour le mérite:
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Et là l'Ordre militaire:
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Il y a au sein de cet Ordre deux classes: la plus haute recevant les feuilles de chene : entre 1914 et 1918 on compte 111 attributions pour cette dernière classe, essentiellement des princes ou des officiers généraux.
La rarissime médaille avec feuilles de chene:
Et un des 111 récipiendaires avec feuilles de chene: le Général von Quast (X):
La version de base, tout en restant majoritairement attribuée à des officiers supérieurs, distinguera aussi des officiers subalternes, le plus gros contingent étant fourni par les pilotes (81 attributions, le premier d'entre eux étant Max Immelman après huit victoires homologuées. Pour le recevoir, le nombre de victoires passera ensuite à 16). Dans l'armée de Terre, c'est un jeune sous-lieutenant de 22 ans, Otto von der Linde, qui le reçoit dès septembre 1914 pour la prise du fort de Malonne, à Namur, en août 1914. Parmi les récipiendaires célèbres, on retiendra aussi le lieutenant Ernst Jünger qui le reçoit en septembre 1918 et qui sera le dernier titulaire de l'Ordre vivant (décès en 1998). Enfin il faut noter 214 récipiendaires qui sont uniquement des officiers commandant des opérations de prises ou de maintien de secteurs comme le général von emmich qui la reçut le 7 aout 1914 pour la prise de Liege.
Cet Ordre disparaitra avec la chute du Reich en novembre 1918. Néanmoins de nombreuses décorations seront fabriquées jusqu'à la seconde guerre mondiale par la maison Godet et fils à Berlin.
De 1740 à 1918 il y a eu 5430 recipiendaires.
La médaille recto :
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Et verso:
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Dans son ecrin:
Liste des recipiendaires entre 1914 et 1918:
ALPHABETICAL ORDER
A
Col. Armand von Alberti awarded on -- 8 Nov 1918
Lt. Gen. Victor Albrecht awarded on -- 9 April 1918
Lt. Col. d' Alton-Rauch awarded on -- 15 Aug 1918
Maj. Walther Arens awarded on -- 25 Oct 1918
Capt. Achim von Arnim awarded on -- 17 April 1918
B
Maj. Baader awarded on -- 20 Oct. 1918
Gen. Inf. Ernst von Bacmeister awarded on -- 8 Oct 1917
Lt. Gen. William Balcke awarded on 9 March 1918
Lt. Col. Hermann von Balcke awarded on -- 29 July 1917
Capt. Victor Bangert awarded on -- 24 Nov. 1917
Maj. Barth awarded on -- 9 Aug 1918
Lt. Col. Max Bauer awarded on -- 19 Dec. 1916. He was awarded Oakleaves on 28 March 1918.
Col. General Prince Rupprecht of Bayern awarded on -- 22 Aug. 1915. He was awarded Oakleaves on 20 Dec. 1916.
Gen. Major Prince Franz of Bayern awarded on -- 16 May 1918
Field Marshall Prince Leopold of Bayern awarded on -- 9 Aug. 1915. He was awarded Oakleaves on 25 July 1917.
Maj. Friederich Becker awarded on -- 17 Sept. 1918
Maj. Kurt von Beerfelde awarded on -- 21 April 1918
Lt Col. Franz von Behr awarded on -- 8 Oct. 1918
Capt. Stanislaus Behrendt awarded on -- 4 Oct. 1918
Gen. Eduard von Below awarded on -- 18 Aug 1917
Gen. Maj. Ernst von Below awarded on -- 24 Nov. 1917. He was awarded Oakleaves on 13 Oct. 1918.
Gen. Fritz von Below awarded on -- 16 Feb. 1915. He was awarded Oakleaves on 11 Aug. 1916.
Gen. Maj. Hans von Below awarded on -- 24 Nov. 1917
Gen Otto von Below awarded on -- 16 Feb. 1915. He was awarded Oakleaves on 27 April 1917.
Gen. Maj. Berger awarded on -- 17 April 1918
Gen. Richard von Berendt awarded on -- 14 Jan. 1917. He was awarded Oakleaves on 24 Nov. 1917.
Gen. Maj. Walter von Bergmann awarded on -- 8 May 1918
Capt. Waldemar Berka awarded on -- 23 June 1918
Gen. Cav. Friedrich von Bernhardi awarded on -- 20 Aug. 1916. He was awarded Oakleaves on 15 May 1918.
Capt. Felix von Bernuth awarded on -- 9 Oct. 1918
Gen. Lt. Albert von Berrer awarded on -- 27 Aug. 1917
Gen. Inf. Hans Hartwig von Beseler awarded on -- 10 Oct. 1914. He was awarded Oakleaves on 20 Aug. 1915.
Maj. Hans Beseler awarded on -- 28 Nov. 1917
Maj. Ernst von Bila awarded on -- 28 March 1918
Maj. Josef Bischoff awarded on -- 30 June 1918
Maj. Werner von Blomberg awarded on -- 3 June 1918
Maj. Fedor von Bock awarded on -- 1 April 1918
Maj. Franz-Karl von Bock awarded on -- 13 Oct. 1918
Gen. Lt. Alfred von Böckmann awarded on -- 8 Oct. 1916. He was awarded Oakleaves on 1 June 1917.
Lt. Boelke--5 januar 1916
Lt. Col. Erich Böhme awarded on -- 7 May 1918
Gen. Inf. Max von Boehn awarded on -- 24 Aug. 1916. he was awarded Oakleaves on 20 May 1917.
Lt. Col. Friedrich von Bogendörfer awarded on -- 31 July 1918
Maj. Helmuth Bohm awarded on -- 5 May 1918
Gen. Lt. Kurt von dem Borne awarded on -- 9 April 1918. He was awarded Oakleaves on 7 Nov. 1918.
Gen. Lt. Karl von Borries awarded on -- 13 June 1918
Gen. Lt. Rudolf von Borries awarded on -- 4 Aug. 1917
Capt. Kune-Hans von Both awarded on -- 10 April 1918
Gen. Col. Felix von Bothmer awarded on -- 7 July 1915. He was awarded Oakleaves on 25 July 1917.
Lt. Col. Hermann von Brandenstein awarded on -- 27 Aug. 1917
Capt. Kurt von Brandenstein awarded on -- 26 Sept. 1918
Col. Otto Freiherr von Brandenstein awarded on -- 15 May 1918
Maj. Cordt Freiherr von Brandis awarded on -- 21 April 1918
Oberlt. Cordt von Brandis awarded on -- 14 March 1916
Maj. Tido von Brederlow awarded on -- 9 Oct. 1918
Gen. Lt. Anatol Graf von Bredow awarded on -- 23 July 1915
Gen. Maj. Ludwig Bressler awarded on -- 9 Oct. 1918
Gen. Lt. Carl Briese awarded on -- 30 Aug. 1918
Maj. Friedrich Brinckmann awarded on -- 6 March 1918
Oberlt. Heinrich Brinkord awarded on -- 21 Oct. 1918
Capt. Ferdinand Brisken awarded on -- 23 April 1918
Col. Schellendorf Bernhard von Bronsart awarded on -- 16 Sept 1916
Maj. Schellendorf Hans von Bronsart awarded on -- 25 Oct. 1918
Maj. Schellendorf Walter Siegfried von Bronsart awarded on -- 2 June 1918
Lt. Col. Georg Bruckmüller awarded on -- 1 May 1917. He was awarded Oakleaves on 26 March 1918.
Maj. Erich Brückner awarded on -- 4 Sept 1918
Maj. Friedrich Bruns awarded on -- 6 Nov 1918
Gen. Col. Karl von Bülow awarded on -- 4 April 1915
Maj. Heinrich Bünau awarded on -- 17 Sept. 1918
Lt. Col. Robert Bürkner awarded on -- 16 May 1918
Gen. Lt. Hermann Ritter von Burkhardt awarded on -- 12 May 1917
Capt. Ernst Busch awarded on -- 4 Oct 1918
Maj. Georg Freiherr von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen awarded on -- 18 Sept. 1918
Gen. Maj. Johannes von Busse awarded on -- 22 April 1918
C
Maj. Caracciola-Delbrück awarded on -- 25 Aug. 1918
Gen. Adolph von Carlowitz awarded on -- 29 July 1917. He was awarded Oakleaves on 25 May 1918.
Capt. Walter Caspari awarded on -- 21 April 1918
Gen. Lt. Martin Charles de Beaulieu awarded on -- 5 Sept. 1917
Gen. Maj. Siegfried von La Chevallerie awarded on -- 20 Jan. 1918. He was awarded Oakleaves on 11 Oct. 1918.
Gen. Inf. Eberhard von Claer awarded on -- 29 June 1915
Maj. Max Clausius awarded on -- 15 Oct. 1918
Maj. Erwin von Collani awarded on -- 7 May 1918
Maj. Oskar Commichau awarded on -- 21 April 1918
Gen. Lt. Richard von Conta awarded on -- 15 Oct. 1916. He was awarded Oakleaves on 26 March 1918.
Lt. Col. Elimar von Cranach awarded on -- 22 April 1918
D
Gen. Maj. Rudolf Dänner awarded on -- 26 Oct. 1918
Gen. Lt. Victor Dallmer awarded on -- 26 April 1918. He was awarded Oakleaves on 8 June 1918.
Maj. Gustav Dammann awarded on -- 6 Nov. 1918
Gen. Maj, Johannes von Dassel awarded on -- 25 Oct 1918
Gen. Inf. Bertold von Deimling awarded on -- 28 Aug. 1916
Maj. Walter von Delius awarded on -- 20 Jan. 1918
Lt. Friedrich Wilhelm Dernen awarded on -- 29 Aug. 1918
Maj. Arnold von Detten awrded on -- 27 Aug 1918
Maj. Kurt von Dewiss awarded on -- 22 April 1918
Gen. Lt. Karl Diessenbach awarded on -- 26 April 1917
Gen. Maj. Otto Freiherr von Diepenbroick-Grüter awarded on -- 13 June 1918
Maj. Wilhelm von Ditsurth awarded on -- 21 April 1918
Gen. Maj. Wilhelm von Dommes awarded on --18 June 1918
Lt. Col. Georg Dorndorf awarded on -- 1 April 1918
Lt. Col. Hermann Drechsel awarded on -- 3 April 1918
Gen. Maj. Hermann von Dresler und Scharsenstein awarded on 8 Nov. 1917
Maj. Hans von Drigalski awarded on -- 28 March 1918
Lt. Col. Wilhelm von Dücker awarded on -- 29 Aug. 1918
E
Gen. Inf. Johannes von Eben awarded on 7 Oct. 1916. He was awarded Oakleaves on 8 June 1918.
Gen Inf. Magnus von Eberhardt awarded on 20 May 1917. He was awarded Oakleaves on 22 Sept. 1917.
Lt. Col. Gottfried Edelbüttel awarded on 12 Oct. 1917
Lt. Col. Franz Freiherr von Edelsheim awarded on -- 4 Oct. 1918
Lt. Col. Ralph von Egidy awarded on -- 31 Oct. 1918
Gen. Inf. Oskar von Ehrenthal awarded on -- 15 June 1917
Gen. Col. Hermann von Eichhorn awarded on -- 18 Aug 1915. He was awarded Oakleaves on 28 Sept. 1915.
Gen. Col. Karl von Einem awarded on -- 16 March 1915. He was awarded Oakleaves on 17 Oct. 1916.
Gen. Inf. Karl Ludwig d'Elsa awarded on 1 Sept. 1916
Gen. Lt. Hugo Eistermann von Elster awarded on 22 Sept. 1917
Gen. Otto von Emmich awarded on -- 7 Aug. 1914. He was awarded Oakleaves on 14 May 1915.
Gen. Lt. Siegfried Freiherr von Ende awarded on -- 31 Oct. 1917
Gen. Lt. Nikolaus Ritter von Endres awarded on 17 April 1918. He was awarded Oakleaves on 4 Aug. 1918.
Gen. Lt. George von Engelbrechten awarded on -- 8 July 1918
Col. Franz Ritter von Epp awarded on -- 29 May 1918
Gen Maj. Hans von der Esch awarded on -- 13 Oct. 1918
Lt. Col. Friedrich Freiherr von Esebeck awarded on -- 3 April 1918
Gen. Lt. Ludwig von Estorff awarded on -- 6 Sept 1917
Gen. Lt. Günter von Etzel awarded on -- 4 Aug. 1917. He was awarded Oakleaves on 26 Oct. 1918.
Maj. Siegfried Graf zu Eulenburg awarded on -- 27 Aug. 1917. He was awarded Oakleaves on 4 Sept. 1918.
F
Gen. Inf. Max von Fabeck awarded on -- 23 Aug. 1915
Gen. Col. Ludwig Freiherr von Falkenhausen awarded on -- 23 Aug. 1915. He was awarded Oakleaves on 15 April 1916.
Maj. Alexander von Falkenhausen awarded on -- 7 May 1918
Gen. Inf. Erich von Falkenhayn awarded on -- 16 Feb. 1915. He was awarded Oakleaves on 3 June 1915.
Gen. Cav. Eugen von Falkenhayn awarded on -- 28 Aug. 1915. He
Gen. Inf. Karl von Fasbender awarded on -- 13 Sept. 1916
Lt. Col. Wilhelm Faupel awarded on -- 8 June 1918. He was awarded Oakleaves on 4 Aug. 1918.
Gen. Maj. Bernhard Graf Finck von Finckenstein awarded on -- 9 April 1918
Lt. Col. Kurt Fischer awarded on -- 4 Nov. 1917
Col. Udo von Fischer awarded on -- 30 June 1918
Gen. Lt. Paul Fleck awarded on -- 16 March 1915
Lt. Col. Ernst Freiherr von Forstner awarded on -- 31 Oct. 1917. He was awarded Oakleaves on 17 June 1918.
Lt. Col. Frahnert awarded on -- 4 Nov. 1917
Gen. Inf. Hermann von Francois awarded on -- 14 May 1915. He was awarded Oakleaves on 27 July 1917.
Gen. Art. Adolf Franke awarded on -- 18 Oct. 1918
Maj. Hans von Frankenberg u. Ludwigsdorf awarded on -- 5 July 1918
Maj. Rudolf Frantz awarded on --25 July 1917
Gen. Lt. Erich Freyer awarded on -- 17 April 1918
Capt. Karl von Freyhold awarded on -- 14 June 1918
Gen. Lt. Friedrich von Friedeburg awarded on -- 20 Sept. 1918
Maj. Karl Friderici awarded on -- 30 June 1918
Gen. Lt. Albert Hermann von Fritsch awarded on -- 3 Sept. 1918
Maj. Lothar Fritsch awarded on -- 6 May 1918
Col. Georg Frotscher awarded on -- 5 May 1918
Gen. Lt. Georg Fuchs awarded on -- 18 Aug. 1917
G
Gen. Maj. Arthur von Gabain awarded on -- 8 Nov. 1917. He was awarded Oakleaves on 17 April 1918.
Capt. Gabcke awarded on -- 1 Sept. 1918
Gen. Inf. Hans Gaede awarded on -- 25 Aug. 1915
Maj. Erich Gaertner awarded on -- 8 Nov 1918
Gen. Art. Max von Gallwitz awarded on -- 24 July 1915. He was awarded Oakleaves on 28 Sept. 1915.
Gen. Lt. Otto von Garnier awarded on -- 17 Oct. 1916
Gen. Inf. George von Gayl awarded on -- 8 May 1918
Capt. Wilhelm von Gazen gen. Gaza awarded on -- 24 Nov 1917
Gen. Cav. Ludwig Freiherr von Gebsattel awarded on -- 4 Oct. 1916
Maj. Ullrich von Germar awarded on -- 22 April 1918
Gen. Inf. Friedrich von Gerok awarded on -- 7 July 1915
Oberlt. Daniel Gerth awarded on -- 1 Oct. 1918
Lt. Col. Wilhelm Graf von Gluszewski-Kwilicki awarded on -- 24 Nov. 1917
Capt. Hermann Goering--22 juin 1918
Lt. Col. Wilhelm von Goerne awarded on -- 20 May 1917. He was awarded Oakleaves on 26 Aug. 1918.
Capt. Martin Goesch awarded on -- 21 April 1918
Lt. Gontermann--15 mai 1917
Maj. Georg von Götz awarded on -- 17 Oct. 1918
Lt. Col. August von Götzen awarded on -- 11 Sept. 1916
Gen. Maj. Rüdiger Graf von der Goltz awarded on -- 15 May 1918
Gen. Lt. Friedrich von Gontard awarded on -- 9 April 1918. He was awarded Oakleaves on 4 Aug. 1918.
Gen. Inf. Konrad von Gossler awarded on -- 10 Aug. 1916
Capt. Wolff von Graeffendorff awarded on -- 24 Nov. 1917
Capt. Wilhelm Edler von Graeve awarded on -- 8 Nov. 1918
Maj. Kurt von Greiff awarded on -- 9 June 1918
Gen. Maj. Wilhelm von Groddeck awarded on -- 9 April 1918
Gen. Maj. Wilhelm Groener awarded on -- 11 Sept. 1915
Gen. Art. Hans von Gronau awarded on -- 4 Oct. 1916. He was awarded Oakleaves on 6 Aug. 1918.
Capt. Theodor Groeppe awarded on -- 6 Nov. 1918
Lt. Col. Hans von Gothe awarded on -- 2 Nov. 1918
Gen. Lt. Paul Grünert awarded on -- 3 May 1918
Maj. Ernst Gruson awarded on -- 6 July 1918
Maj. Erich Gudowius awarded on -- 4 Aug. 1918
Gen. Inf. Erich von Gründell awarded on -- 28 Aug. 1916
Gen. Inf. Hans von Guretzky-Cornitz awarded on -- 9 March 1916
H
Lt. Col. Friedrich Ritter von Haack awarded on -- 4 Aug. 1918
Lt. Col. Wilhelm von Hassy awarded on -- 6 June 1918
Maj. Heinrich Freiherr von Hadeln awarded on -- 26 Aug. 1917
Capt. Siegfried Haenicke awarded on -- 14 June 1918
Fld. Marshall Gottlieb Graf von Haeseler awarded on -- 22 March 1915. He was awarded Oakleaves on 22 March 1915.
Maj. Wilhelm Hagedorn awarded on -- 30 July 1917
Maj. Karl von Hagen awarded on -- 8 April 1918
Lt. Col. Oskar von Hahnke awarded on -- 8 Otc. 1918
Maj. Ernst Hammacher awarded on -- 31 Oct. 1918
Gen. Maj. Rudolph Hammer awarded on -- 24 Nov. 1917
Gen. Maj. Hans von Hammerstein-Gesmold awarded on -- 6 Nov. 1918
Lt. Col. Frithjof Freiherr von Hammerstein-Gesmold awarded on -- 1 Nov. 1918
Capt. Karl Hansen awarded on -- 8 Nov 1918
Maj. Georg von Harder awarded on -- 25 Aug. 1918
Lt. Col. Otto Hasse awarded on -- 23 Dec. 1917. He was awarded Oakleaves on 12 May 1918.
Maj. Wilhelm Haupt awarded on -- 18 Aug. 1918
Capt. Hans-Joachim Haupt awarded on -- 16 March 1916
Lt. Col. Ludwig Hauss awarded on -- 11 Sept. 1918
Gen. Maj. Walter von Haxthausen awarded on -- 13 June 1918
Gen. Col. Josias von Heeringen awarded on -- 28 Aug. 1915. He was awarded Oakleaves on 28 Aug. 1916.
Maj. Franz Heinrigs awarded on -- 8 Nov. 1917
Gen. Maj. Siegfried von Held awarded on -- 7 Nov. 1918
Col. Emil Hell awarded on -- 21 Sept. 1916. He was awarded Oakleaves on 11 Jan.l 1918.
Lt. Col. Hans Ritter von Hemmer awarded on -- 25 July 1917
Col. Richard Hentsch awarded on -- 23 Sept 1917
Maj. Ferdinand Herold awarded on -- 8 Oct. 1917
Lt. Col. Adolf Herrgott awarded on -- 4 Aug. 1918
Gen. Cav. Friedrich von Hertzberg awarded on -- 4 Nov. 1918
Col. Hans Hesse awarded on -- 11 Dec. 1916
Col. Albert Heuck awarded on -- 28 Oct. 1918
Col. Wilhelm Heye awarded on -- 20 Aug. 1916. He was awarded Oakleaves on 3 April 1918.
Maj. Hubert Heym awarded on -- 9 April 1918
Col. Hans von Heynik awarded on -- 3 Dec. 1917
Lt. Robert Hieronymus awarded on 23 June 1918
(Hindenburg was awarded Oakleaves on 23 Feb. 1915.)
Col. Karl Hoeser awarded on -- 23 July 1916. He was awarded Oakleaves on 14 April 1918.
Gen. Lt. Eberhard von Hofacker awarded on -- 26 April 1917. He was awarded Oakleaves on 24 Nov. 1917.
Col. Max Hoffmann awarded on 7 Oct. 1916. He was awarded Oakleaves on 25 July 1917.
Gen. Lt. Max Hofmann awarded on 28 Aug. 1915. He was awarded Oakleaves on 5 July 1918.
Gen. Maj. Heinrich von Hofmann awarded on -- 12 Nov 1917. He was awarded Oakleaves on 18 Sept. 1918.
Lt. Col. Ernst von Hohnhorst awarded on -- 6 May 1918
Gen. Maj. Ruolf von Horn awarded on -- 21 Sept. 1918
Gen. Inf. Otto Freiherr von Hügel awrded on -- 28 Aug. 1916
Gen. Lt. Walter von Hülsen awarded on -- 9 April 1918
Maj. Wilhelm Humser awarded on -- 16 May 1918
Col. Wilhelm Hundrich awarded on -- 23 April 1918
Lt. Col. Friedrich Franz von Huth awarded on -- 31 Jan. 1918
Gen. Oskar von Hutier awarded on -- 6 Sept. 1917. He was awarded Oakleaves on 23 March 1918.
I
Gen. Lt. Emit Ilse awarded on -- 28 Aug. 1916
J
Gen. Inf. Albano von Jacobi awarded on -- 12 April 1917
Col. Georg Johow awarded on -- 21 Sept. 1916
Oberlt. Edgar Josenhanss awarded on -- 28 Oct. 1918
Lt. Ernst Junger awarded on -- 18 Sept 1918
K
Gen. Maj. Ernst Kabisch awarded on -- 9 Oct. 1918
Lt. Col. Ernst Kaether awarded on -- 8 Nov. 1918
Maj. Hans-Heinrich von Kahlden awarded on -- 6 Nov. 1918
Capt. Konrad Kalau von Hofe awrded on -- 23 July 1916
Gen. Inf. Hugo von Kathen awarded on -- 28 Aug. 1916. He was awarded Oakleaves on 27 Aug. 1917.
Maj. Georg Kaulbach awarded on -- 2 June 1918
Gen. Maj. Wilhelm Kaupert awarded on -- 29 Oct. 1918
Maj. Karl von Keiser awarded on -- 24 Nov. 1917
Lt. Col. Richard von Keiser awarded on -- 21 April 1918
Lt. Col. Victor Keller awarded on -- 27 March 1918
Maj. Kewisch awarded on -- 4 Aug 1918
Gen. Lt. Christoph Ritter von Kiefhaber awarded on -- 24 Nov 1917
Lt. Col. Paul Kientz awarded on -- 16 July 1918
Maj. Karl von Kietzell awarded on -- 5 July 1918
Gen. Inf. Gunther Graf von Kirchbach awarded on -- 27 Aug. 1917
Gen Art. Hans von Kirchen bach awarded on -- 11 Aug. 1916
Capt. Heinrich Kirchheim awarded on -- 13 Oct. 1918
Gen. Lt. Alfred von Kleist awarded on 8 Oct. 1918
Maj. Paul Klette awarded on -- 21 April 1918
Lt. Col. Willi von Kleitz awarded on -- 6 Aug. 1917. He was awarded Oakleaves on 15 Aug. 1918.
Maj. Hans Kloebe awarded on -- 20 Jan. 1918
Gen. Col. Alexander von Kluck awarded on 28 March 1915
Maj. Robert von Klüber awarded on -- 14 June 1917
Maj. von Klüfer awarded on -- 21 April 1918
Gen. Lt. Paul Ritter von Kneussl awarded on -- 3 June 1915. He was awarded Oakleaves on 11 Jan. 1917.
Maj. Maximillian von Knoch awarded on -- 15 Aug. 1918
Maj. Otto Koch awarded on -- 21 April 1918
Col. Armin Koenenmann awarded on -- 28 Nov. 1917
Gen. Cav. Götz Freiherr von König awarded on -- 23 July 1915
Gen. Lt. Robert Kosch awarded on -- 20 Feb. 1915. He was awarded Oakleaves on 27 Nov. 1915.
Lt. Col. Konrad Kraehe awarded on -- 8 Oct. 1917. He was awarded Oakleaves on 15 Aug. 1918.
Gen. Lt. Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen awarded on -- 7 Sept. 1916. He was awarded Oakleaves on 11 Dec. 1916.
Maj. Georg von Kranold awarded on -- 1 Sept. 1918
Col. Paul Krause awarded on -- 1 April 1918
Maj. Erich Krebs awarded on -- 23 Dec. 1917
Col. Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein awarded on -- 4 Sept. 1917
Gen. Maj. Eduard Kreuter awarded on -- 14 Oct. 1918
Maj. Friedrich von Kriegsheim awarded on -- 28 March 1918
Gen. Cav. Hans Krug von Nidda awarded on -- 7 Oct. 1918
Col. Boleslaus von Kuczhowski awarded on -- 24 Nov. 1917
Capt. Kurt Kühme awarded on -- 30 Aug. 1918
Gen. Lt. Viktor Kühme awarded on -- 11 Dec. 1916
Gen. Lt. Hermann von Kuhl awarded on -- 28 Aug. 1916. He was awarded Oakleaves on 20 Dec. 1916.
Gen. Maj. Friedrich Kundt awarded on -- 12 Oct. 1918
L
Gen. Cav. Maximilian von Laffert awarded on -- 1 Sept. 1916
Capt. Otto Lancelle awarded on -- 9 Oct. 1918
Maj. Rudolf Lange awarded on -- 21 July 1918
Gen. Maj. Felix Langer awarded on --8 Oct. 1917. He was awarded Oakleaves on 7 Nov. 1918.
Maj. Julius von Langsdorff awarded on -- 22 April 1918
Gen. Inf. Alfred von Larisch awarded on -- 25 Aug. 1918
Col. Leopold Freiherr von Ledebur awarded on -- 29 Aug. 1918
Col. Hermann Ritter von Lenz awarded on -- 10 April 1918
Gen. Maj. Arnold Lequis awarded on -- 11 Oct. 1917. He was awarded Oakleaves on 5 Dec. 1917.
Col. Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck awarded on -- 4 Nov. 1916. He was awarded Oakleaves 10 Oct. 1917.
Gen. Maj. Karl von Lewinski awarded on -- 2 May 1917
Gen. Inf. Eduard von Liebert awarded on -- 6 June 1917
Gen. Cav. Otto Liman von Sanders awarded on -- 10 Jan. 1916. He was awarded Oakleaves on 10 Jan. 1916.
Maj. Wilhelm Lincke awarded on -- 12 May 1917
Lt. Otto von der Linde awarded on -- 18 Sept. 1914
Gen. Lt. Arthur von Lindequist awarded on -- 23 Dec. 1917. He was awarded Oakleaves on 7 Nov. 1918.
Gen. Inf. Alexander von Linsingen awarded on -- 14 May 1915. He was awarded Oakleaves on 3 July 1915.
Gen. Lt. Karl Litzmann awarded on -- 29 Nov. 1914. He was awarded Oakleaves on 18 Aug. 1915.
Gen. Inf. Ewald von Lochow awarded on -- 14 Jan. 1915. He was awarded Oakleaves on 13 Nov. 1915.
Gen. Lt. Robert Loeb awarded on -- 17 June 1918
Maj. Gerhard von Löbbecke awarded on -- 7 Sept. 1918
Lt. Col. Eckhart von Loeben awarded on -- 30 Sept. 1918
Col. Friedrich Karl von Lossberg awarded on -- 21 Sept. 1918. He was awarded Oakleaves on 24 April 1917.
Col. Friedrich von Luck awarded on -- 29 Aug. 1918
Gen. Maj. Erich Ludendorff awarded on -- 22 Aug. 1914. He was awarded Oakleaves on 23 Feb. 1915.
Lt. Col. Max Ludwig awarded on -- 5 July 1918
Capt. Rudolf Lüters awarded on -- 30 Sept. 1918
Gen. Maj. Arthur Freiherr von Lüttwitz awarded on -- 8 Nov. 1917.
Gen. Lt. Walther Freiherr von Lüttwitz awarded on -- 24 Aug. 1916. He was awarded Oakleaves on 24 March 1918.
Lt. Col. Kurt Freiherr von Lupin awarded on -- 26 March 1918
Gen. Inf. Moritz Freiherr von Lyncker awarded on -- 2 Nov. 1917
M
Gen. August von Mackensen awarded on -- 27 Nov. 1914. He was awarded Oakleaves on 3 Jun 1915.
Gen. Maj. Georg Maercker awarded on -- 1 Oct. 1917. He was awarded Oakleaves on 3 May 1918.
Lt. Col. Franz Graf von Magnis awarded on -- 4 Sept. 1918
Lt. Hans Markmann awarded on -- 12 Feb. 1918
Col. Gottfried Markquard awarded on -- 27 Sept. 1916
Gen. Wolf Freiherr Marshall awarded on -- 21 Sept 1916. He was awarded Oakleaves on 6 May 1918.
Gen. Cav. Georg von der Marwitz awarded on --7 March 1915. He was awarded Oakleaves on 14 May 1915.
Col. Willi Matthiass awarded on -- 22 Nov. 1917
Maj. Robert Matthiass awarded on -- 4 Aug. 1918
Gen. Maj. Heinrich von Maur awarded on -- 20 May 1917
Gen. Maj. Wilhelm Meckel awarded on -- 26 Aug. 1917
Lt. Col. Carl Merkel awarded on -- 3 May 1918
Capt. Max von Mertens awarded on -- 11 Sept. 1918
Col. Hermann Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim awarded on -- 28 March 1918
Lt. Col. Horst von Metzsch awarded on -- 7 Oct. 1918
Capt. Emil Meyer awarded on -- 8 Nov. 1918
Maj. Friedrich von Miaskowski awarded on -- 21 April 1918
Maj. Leopold Milisch awarded on -- 25 Oct. 1918
Gen. Inf. Arnold Ritter von Möhl awarded on -- 9 Oct. 1918
Maj. Richard Moeller awrded on -- 20 May 1917
Gen. Helmuth von Moltke awarded on -- 7 Aug. 1915
Gen. Lt. Kurt von Morgen awarded on -- 1 Dec. 1914. He was awarded Oakleaves on 11 Dec. 1916.
Maj. Engelbert von Morsbach awarded on -- 5 July 1918
Gen. Lt. Otto von Moser awarded on -- 26 April 1917
Gen. Inf. Bruno von Mudra awarded on -- 13 Jan. 1915. He was awarded Oakleaves on 17 Oct. 1916.
Gen. Maj. Georg Mühry awarded on -- 25 Oct. 1918
Maj. Ferdinand Müller awarded on -- 15 Aug. 1918
Maj. Otto Müller awarded on -- 17 Sept. 1918
Maj. Rudolf Müller awarded on -- 15 Aug. 1918
Gen. Lt. Albert von Mutius awarded on -- 4 Sept. 1918
N
Gen. Maj. Karl Nehbel awarded on -- 30 Sept. 1918
O
Capt. Kurt von Osterreich awarded on -- 5 June 1918
Gen. Lt. Horst Ritter und Edler von Oetinger awarded on -- 26 March 1918
Col. Erich Freiherr von Oldershausen awarded on -- 23 Dec. 1917. He was awarded Oakleaves on 26 March 1918.
Col. Martin Freiherr von Oldenhausen awarded on -- 20 May 1917
Col. Gustav von Oppen awarded on -- 1 Nov. 1918
Maj. Wilhelm Oslander awarded on - 6 Nov. 1918
Maj. Martin Otto awarded on -- 15 Aug. 1918
Gen. Inf. Adolf von Oven awarded on -- 22 Sept. 1918
Gen. Lt. Ernst von Oven awarded on -- 25 Oct. 1918
Lt. Col. George von Oven awarded on -- 24 July 1917
P
Col. Leo von Paczynski-Tenczin awarded on -- 25 Nov. 1917
Gen. Inf. Günther von Pannewitz awarded on -- 13 Sept. 1916
Col. Karl Paulus awarded on -- 13 Oct. 1918
Lt. Col. Richard von Pawelfz awarded on -- 23 Dec. 1917
Gen. Maj. Axel von Peresdorff awarded on -- 22 April 1918
Maj. Hans Petri awarded on -- 28 Oct. 1918
Maj. Wilhelm Pfaehler awarded on -- 9 Oct. 1918
Maj. Clemens Pfafferott awarded on -- 30 Oct. 1918
Maj. Benno Pflugradt awarded on -- 3 Nov. 1918
Maj. Arthur Pikardi awarded on -- 6 July 1918
Maj. Friedrich von Pirscher awarded on -- 5 May 1918
Gen. Inf. Horst Edler von der Planitz awarded on -- 20 May 1917
Maj. Axel von Platen awarded on -- 21 April 1918
Capt. Otto Plath awarded on -- 27 Aug. 1918
Capt. Karl von Plehew awarded on -- 21 April 1918
Gen. Col. Hans von Plessen awarded on -- 24 March 1918
Gen. Inf. Karl Freiherr von Plettenberg awarded on -- 14 May 1915
Gen. Inf. Otto von Plüstow awarded on -- 11 May 1917
Gen. Maj. Georg Pohlmann awarded on -- 4 Oct. 1918
Maj. Karl Ritter von Prager awarded on -- 23 Dec. 1917
Capt. Ludwig Freiherr von Preuschen von und zu Liebenstein awarded on -- 17 June 1918
Lt. Col. Hans Preusker awarded on -- 27 July 1917
Gen. Inf. Wilhelm Crown Prince of the German Empire and of Prussia awarded on -- 22 Aug. 1915. He was awarded Oakleaves on 8 Sept. 1916.
Col. Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia awarded on -- 22 March 1915. He was awarded Oakleaves on 14 May 1915.
Capt. Wilhelm Preusser awarded on -- 6 July 1918
Gen. Maj. Kurt Frieherr Prinz von Buchau awarded on -- 11 May 1918
Gen. Inf. Kurt von Pritzelwitz awarded on -- 12 Jan. 1916
Gen. Lt. Wilhelm von Puttkamer awarded on -- 26 Oct. 1918
Q
Gen. Inf. Ferdinand von Quast awarded on -- 11 Aug. 1916. He was awarded Oakleaves on 10 April 1918.
Maj. Kurt Moritz von Quednow awarded on -- 30 Aug. 1918
R
Lt. Kurt Rackow awarded on -- 7 June 1916
Maj. Franz de Rainville awarded on -- 6 Nov. 1918
Gen. Lt. Otto Ritter von Rauchenberger awarded on -- 6 Sept. 1917. He was awarded Oakleaves on 19 Oct. 1918.
Oberlt. Hans von Ravenstein awarded on -- 23 June 1918
Capt. Armin Reichenbach awarded on -- 21 April 1918
Lt. Col. Wilhelm Reinhard awarded on -- 27 Aug. 1917
Gen. Inf. Walter Reinhardt awarded on -- 30 April 1917
Lt. Col. Hermann Reinicke awarded on -- 8 Dec. 1917
Col. Freiherr von Reitzenstein awrded on -- 8 Nov. 1918
Gen. Maj. Theodor Renner awarded on -- 1 Sept. 1918
Maj. Karl von Rettberg awarded on -- 24 Nov. 1917
Gen. Maj. Wilhelm Ribbentrop awarded on -- 18 Sept. 1918
Lt. General Manfred Frieherr von Richthofen -- 18 Jan. 1918
Gen. Inf. Julius Riemann awarded on -- 16 March 1915
Lt. Peter Rieper awarded on -- 7 July 1918
Lt. Col. Hans Eberhard von Riesenthal awarded on -- 22 April 1918
Col. Siegfried Rodig awarded on -- 21 April 1918
Gen. Maj. Dietrich von Roeder awarded on -- 17 April 1918
Oberlt. Erwin Rommel awarded on -- 10 Dec. 1917
Maj. Berend Roosen awarded on -- 9 April 1918
Maj. Albrecht Freiherr von Rotberg awarded on -- 30 June 1918
Lt. Col. Moritz Rothenbücher awarded on -- 15 Aug. 1918
Lt. Karl Ruthenburg awarded on -- 30 June 1918
Lt. Col. Hermann Rudolph awarded on --25 Oct. 1918
Maj. Otto Ruhnau awarded on -- 22 April 1918
Lt. Fritz Rümmelein awarded on -- 28 Oct. 1918
Capt. Siegfried Runge awarded on -- 30 Aug. 1918
Gen. Lt. Rudolf Rusche awarded on -- 4 Nov. 1918
S
Gen. Inf. Ernst II Herzog von Saxony Altenburg awarded on -- 30 May 1915
Capt. Sieghard von Saldern awarded on -- 21 May 1918
Maj. Philipp Sander awarded on -- 6 May 1918
Gen. Maj. Traugott von Sauberzweig awarded on -- 6 Sept. 1917
Capt. Ernst Schaumburg awarded on -- 21 April 1918
Gen. Inf. Reinhard von Scheffer-Boyadel awarded on -- 2 Dec. 1914
Maj. Felix Schelle awarded on -- 30 June 1918
Gen. Inf. Dedo von Schenck awarded on -- 2 Oct. 1916
Maj. Werner Schering awarded on -- 3 Sept. 1918
Gen. Maj. Heindrich Scheüch awarded on -- 8 April 1918
Lt. Col. Peter Scheunemann awarded on -- 1 April 1918
Maj. Ernst Adolph Alphons Freiherr von Schimmelmann awarded on -- 16 July 1918
Col. Max-Friedrich von Schlechtendal awarded on -- 27 July 1917
Maj. Walter Freiherr von Schleinitz awarded on -- 31 Oct. 1917
Lt. Col. Heinrich Schmedes awarded on -- 5 Oct. 1918
Gen. Lt. Eberhard Graf von Schmettow awarded on -- 11 Dec. 1916
Gen. Lt. Egon Graf von Schmettow awarded on -- 4 Nov. 1917
Lt. Col. Hans Schmid awarded on -- 27 July 1917
Gen. Lt. Constantin Schmidt von Knobelsdorf awarded on -- 17 Oct. 1915
Maj. Johann Ritter von Schmidtler awarded on -- 26 Oct. 1918
Lt. Walther Schnieber awarded on -- 27 Oct. 1917
Maj. Rudolf Schniewindt awarded on -- 4 Aug. 1918
Maj. Wilhelm Schniewindt awarded on -- 21 May 1918
Maj. Emil von Schnizer awarded on -- 27 Aug. 1918
Gen. Lt. Roderich von Schoeler awarded on -- 30 June 1918
Maj. Albert Schoen awarded on -- 25 Oct. 1918
Maj. Ernst von Schönfeldt awarded on -- 6 Nov. 1918
Lt. Ferdinand Schoerner awarded on -- 5 Dec. 1917
Gen. Art. von Scholtz awarded on -- 3 Sept. 1915
Capt. Erich Scholtz awarded on -- 23 Dec. 1917
Gen. Art. Richard von Schubert awarded on -- 28 Aug. 1916
Gen. Lt. Georg von Schüssler awarded on -- 22 April 1918
Lt. Col. Ernst Schütz awarded on -- 20 May 1917
Col. Friedrich Graf von der Schulenburg awarded on -- 24 April 1917
Col. Karl Graf von der Schulenburg-Wolfsburg awarded on -- 8 Oct. 1917
Maj. Walter Schultz awarded on -- 4 Oct. 1918
Lt. Col. Adolf Schwab awarded on -- 6 Nov. 1918
Col. Detlof Graf von Schwerin awarded on -- 12 June 1918
Lt. Col. Oskar Schwerk awarded on -- 21 Sept. 1916
Col. Hans von Seeckt awarded on -- 14 May 1915
Maj. Tuft Freidrich von Seelhorst awarded on -- 26 Nov. 1917
Maj. Hans Sehmsdorff awarded on -- 17 Oct. 1918
Capt. Karl Seidel awarded on -- 9 Oct. 1918
Capt. Reinhard Seiler awarded on -- 31 Jan. 1918
Col. Fritz von Selle awarded on -- 6 Jan. 1918
Lt. Col. Georg Sick awarded on -- 20 May 1917
Gen. Lt. Ludwig Sieger awarded on -- 27 April 1918
Gen. Inf. Friedrich Sixt von Armin awarded on -- 10 Aug. 1916
Gen. Inf. Franz Freiherr von Soden awarded on -- 27 July 1917
Capt. George Soldan awarded on -- 22 April 1918
Capt. Hans Sottorf awarded on -- 1 Nov. 1918
Maj. Theodor Sproesser awarded on -- 10 Dec. 1917
Gen. Lt. Hermann von Staab awarded on -- 11 Dec. 1916
Lt. Col. Markus Stachow awarded on -- 28 Nov. 1917
Maj. Max Stapff awarded on -- 23 Dec. 1917
Gen. Lt. Hermann von Stein awarded on -- 1 Sept. 1916
Gen. Lt. Freiherr Hermann von Stein awarded on -- 20 Aug. 1917
Maj. Adolf Steinwachs awarded on -- 2 May 1917
Maj. Albrecht Steppuhn awarded on -- 17 June 1918
Gen. Lt. Otto von Steetten awarded on -- 22 Sept. 1916
Gen. Inf. Kuno von Steuben awarded on -- 13 Oct. 1915
Maj. Otto Stobbe awarded on -- 6 Nov. 1918
Lt. Col. Julius von Stoeklern zu Grünholzek awarded on -- 23 June 1918
Capt. Gustav Stoffleth awarded on -- 22 Jan 1918
Gen. Maj. Paulus von Stolzmann awarded on -- 7 July 1915
Maj. Albrecht Graf von Stosch awarded on -- 21 Oct. 1918
Capt. Heinrich Strack awarded on -- 30 Oct. 1918
Gen. Hermann von Strantz awarded on -- 22 Aug. 1915
Maj. Edwin von Stülpnagel awarded on -- 4 Aug, 1918
Gen. Lt. Karl von Stumpff awarded on -- 22 April 1918
Lt. Col. Wolff von Stutterheim awarded on -- 29 Aug. 1918
Lt. Col. Hans von Sydow awarded on -- 6 Jan. 1918
T
Gen. Maj. Gerhard Tappen awarded on -- 11 Sept. 1915
Col. Friedrich von Taysen awarded on -- 6 Jan. 1918
Gen. Maj. Theodor Teetzmann awarded on -- 11 Oct. 1917
Capt. Rudolf Teichmann awarded on -- 18 May 1918
Lt. Col. Otto Teschner awarded on -- 22 Jan. 1918
Lt. Col. Wilhelm von Thadden awarded on -- 8 Oct. 1917
Lt. Col. Albrecht von Thaer awarded on -- 6 Aug. 1917
Gen. Maj. Paul Tiede awarded on -- 17 April 1918
Capt. August von Tippelstirch awarded on -- 15 Oct. 1918
Lt. Emil Trebing awarded on -- 14 April 1918
Capt. Walter Trenck awarded on -- 15 July 1918
Lt. Col. Hans von Troilo awarded on -- 5 July 1918
Col. Erich von Tschischwitz awarded on -- 9 Nov. 1917
Gen. Maj. Ludwig Ritter von Tutschek awarded on -- 8 Dec. 1917
U
Gen. Maj. Ernst von Uechtritz und Steinkirch awarded on -- 21 Oct. 1918
Maj. Walter von Unruh awarded on -- 21 April 1918
V
Maj. Hans Peter van Vaernewyck awarded on -- 18 Sept. 1918
Gen. Lt. Detlew Vett awarded on -- 4 Oct. 1918
Maj. Alfred von Vollard-Bockelberg awarded on -- 4 Nov. 1917
Maj. von Voss awarded on -- 23 Dec. 1917
W
Gen. Lt. Emil Waldorf awarded on -- 1 Nov. 1918
Col. Curt Freiherr von Wängenheim awarded on -- 3 Sept. 1917
Gen. Lt. Oskar Freiherr von Watter awarded on -- 23 Dec. 1917
Gen. Inf. Theodor Freiherr von Watter awarded on -- 1 Sept. 1916
Lt. Col. Theordor von Weber awarded on -- 8 Oct. 1918
Maj. Fritz Freiherr von Wedekind awarded on -- 15 Aug. 1918
Gen. May. Hasso von Wedel awarded on -- 27 Aug. 1917
Gen. Lt. Richard Wellmann awarded on -- 23 Dec. 1917
Capt. Karl von Wenckstern awarded on -- 27 Aug. 1918
Gen. Lt. Karl Ritter von Wenniger awarded on -- 1 May 1917
Col. Hans von Werder awarded on -- 3 May 1918
Maj. Eduard von Westhoven awarded on -- 1 April 1918
Maj. Georg Wetzell awarded on -- 11 Dec. 1916
Gen. Inf. Georg Wichura awarded on -- 26 April 1917
Capt. Hermann Wilck awarded on -- 9 Oct. 1918
Gen. Lt. Adolf Wild von Hohenborn awarded on -- 2 Aug. 1915
Maj. Ludwig Wilhelm Freiherr von Willisen awarded on -- 1 Nov. 1917
Lt. Karl Willweber awarded on -- 3 Sept. 1918
Gen. Inf. Arnold von Winckler awarded on -- 27 Nov. 1915
Capt. Eduard Wittekind awarded on -- 4 Dec. 1917
Col. Friedrich Karl von Witzleben awarded on -- 23 June 1918
Capt. Horst von Wolff awarded on -- 28 Nov. 1917
Maj. Siegfried Woltersdorf awarded on -- 29 oct. 1918
Gen. Inf. Remus von Woyrsch awarded on -- 25 Oct. 1914
Gen. Maj. Ernst von Wrisberg awarded on -- 8 April 1918
Maj. Hermann Wülfing awarded on -- 30 Oct. 1918
Field Marshal Duke Albrecht von Württemberg awarded on -- 22 Aug. 1915
Maj. Fritz Wulff awarded on -- 8 Oct. 1918
Capt. Gustav Adolf von Wulffen awarded on -- 21 April 1918
X
Gen. Inf. Oskar Ritter von Xylander awarded on -- 20 Aug. 1916
Y
Maj. Ernst Graf Yorck von Warenburg awarded on -- 23 Sept. 1918
Z
Gen. Maj. Alfred Ziethen awarded on -- 14 June 1915
Lt. Col. Max Zunehmer awarded on -- 29 Nov. 1917
Gen. Hans von Zwehl awarded on -- 8 Sept. 1914[/b]
Trois pilotes récipiendaires:von Richthofen:Boelke:[b]
Gontermann:
Au niveau collection evidemment ces décorations sont très rares et il existe de nombreuses et excellentes reproductions qui remontent aux années 30.
Bonne soirée,
Bien amicalement,
IR76 de Hambourg