The Pour le Mérite (German: [puːɐ̯ lə meˈʁiːt]; French: [puʁ lə me.ʁit], lit. 'For Merit'), also informally known as the Blue Max (German: Blauer Max)...
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History of Air Movies. London: Tantivy Press, 1987. ISBN 0-498-02495-4. Pour le Mérite at IMDb le Mérite film portal Pour le Mérite bei murnau-stiftung.de...
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recipients of the Pour le Mérite military class. Since the foundation, a total of 5,430 persons received this award. The Pour le Mérite was the Kingdom...
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This is a list of recipients of the Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts (German: Pour le Mérite für Wissenschaften und Künste), a German and formerly...
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Amalfi, the Polish Order of the White Eagle (1709), the Prussian order Pour le Mérite (1740), and the Bavarian Military Merit Order (1866). Unicode defines...
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Battle of Vimy Ridge (section Pour le Mérite)
Thain Wendell MacDowell, 38th (Ottawa) Battalion At least two Orders Pour le Mérite, the Kingdom of Prussia's highest military order, were awarded to German...
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Pour le Mérite and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Later, the recipients of the Prussian Golden Military Merit Cross, or the Pour le...
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the Pour le Mérite, Prussia's highest award for gallantry, became part of the uniform of a leading German ace. In the Luftstreitkräfte, the Pour le Mérite...
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Lothar von Richthofen (category Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class))
kept him out of combat for five months. On 14 May he was awarded the Pour le Mérite, and he resumed command of Jasta 11 in September 1917. In early 1918...
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Battle of Jutland (section Pour le Mérite)
the enemy" to members of the British Empire armed forces. The Ordre pour le Mérite was the Kingdom of Prussia and consequently the German Empire's highest...
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Wilhelm Marschall (category Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class))
also a recipient of the Pour le Mérite which he received as commander of the U-boat UB-105 during World War I. The Pour le Mérite was the Kingdom of Prussia's...
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Johannes Brahms (category Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class))
Johannes Brahms (/brɑːmz/; German: [joˈhanəs ˈbʁaːms]; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic...
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Hermann Göring (category Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class))
veteran World War I fighter pilot ace, Göring was a recipient of the Pour le Mérite. He also served as the last commander of Jagdgeschwader 1 (JG I), the...
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Michael Faraday (category Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class))
Michael Faraday FRS (/ˈfærədeɪ, -di/; 22 September 1791 – 25 August 1867) was an English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and...
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Niels Bohr (category Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class))
Niels Henrik David Bohr (Danish: [ˈne̝ls ˈpoɐ̯ˀ]; 7 October 1885 – 18 November 1962) was a Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding...
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Max Immelmann (category Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class))
German ace Kurt Wintgens. Immelmann was the first aviator to receive the Pour le Mérite, colloquially known as the "Blue Max" in his honour, being awarded it...
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Jacques Tits (category Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class))
(German Mathematical Society) in 1996, and the German distinction "Pour le Mérite". In 2008 he was awarded the Abel Prize, along with John Griggs Thompson...
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Hermann von Kuhl (category Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class))
1914". Pour le Mérite, 28 August 1916 (one of the few recipients of both the "military class" and the "civil class") Oak leaves to the Pour le Mérite, 20...
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Hermann von Eichhorn (category Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class))
advance into Russia. He received the Pour le Mérite on 18 August 1915 and the oak leaves to the Pour le Mérite on 28 September 1915. On 30 July 1916...
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Ernst Jünger (category Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class))
notice of being awarded the Pour le Mérite on the recommendation of division commander Johannes von Busse. Pour le Mérite, the highest military decoration...
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Fritz von Below (category Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class))
Retrieved 2 November 2012. "Orden Pour le Mérite". Retrieved 2 November 2012. Cron 2002, p. 49 "Orden Pour le Mérite". Retrieved 2 November 2012. "Biography...
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1918, Captain Hans von Pranckh Lieutenant Ferdinand Schoerner with the Pour le Mérite Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley List of Imperial German infantry regiments...
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Erwin Rommel (category Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class))
Rommel was a highly decorated officer in World War I and was awarded the Pour le Mérite for his actions on the Italian Front. In 1937, he published his classic...
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"Pour le Mérite for non-commissioned officers and enlisted men" (Orden Pour le Mérite für Unteroffiziere und Mannschaften), after the Pour le Mérite,...
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Max Planck (category Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class))
Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck ForMemRS (/ˈplæŋk/; German: [maks ˈplaŋk] ; 23 April 1858 – 4 October 1947) was a German theoretical physicist whose discovery...
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Eduard von Lewinski (category Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class))
Gustaf (1913). Die Ritter des Ordens pour le mérite 1812–1913 [The Knights of the Order of the Pour le Mérite] (in German). Vol. 2. Berlin: Ernst Siegfried...
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Charles Darwin (category Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class))
(1839) Royal Medal (1853) Wollaston Medal (1859) Copley Medal (1864) Pour le Mérite (1867) Baly Medal (1879) Writing career Notable works The Voyage of...
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Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (category Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class))
Gustaf (1913). Die Ritter des Ordens pour le mérite 1740–1811 [The Knights of the Order of the Pour le Mérite] (in German). Vol. 1. Berlin: Ernst Siegfried...
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Alexander II of Russia (category Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class))
Gustaf (1913). Die Ritter des Ordens pour le mérite 1812–1913 [The Knights of the Order of the Pour le Mérite] (in German). Vol. 2. Berlin: Ernst Siegfried...
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Ewald von Lochow (category Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class))
I. He was a recipient of Pour le Mérite with Oakleaves. Iron Cross II Class (1914) Iron Cross I Class (1914) Pour le Mérite (14 January 1915) and Oakleaves...
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