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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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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Leopold Gondrecourt (category Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class))
within the same year. Military Order of Maria Theresa Pour le Mérite List of the Pour le Mérite (military class) recipients Brigitte Hamann. Kronprinz...
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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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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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Berthold von Deimling (category Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class))
the Battle of Verdun and the Battle of the Somme. He was awarded the Pour le Mérite on 28 August 1916. After the war Deimling became a committed pacifist...
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Franz Joseph I of Austria (category Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class))
Commander's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, 16 September 1884 Pour le Mérite (military), with Oak Leaves, 27 August 1914 Romania: Collar of the Order...
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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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Fritz Rumey (category Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class))
Leutnant Fritz Rumey (3 March 1891 – 27 September 1918) Pour le Mérite, Golden Military Merit Cross was a German fighter pilot in the First World War,...
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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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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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Otto von Emmich (category Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class))
senior commander in World War I. He was the first recipient of the Pour le Mérite, Prussia's highest military honor, in World War I for his role in the...
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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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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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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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Eugen Anton Theophil von Podbielski (category Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class))
Eugen Anton Theophil von Podbielski (17 October 1814 – 31 October 1879) was a general in the Prussian Army. He was born in Köpenick and originally was...
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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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Niels Bohr (category Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class))
Niels Henrik David Bohr (7 October 1885 – 18 November 1962) was a Danish theoretical physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic...
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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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"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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effect an intermediate award between the Iron Cross 1st Class and the Pour le Mérite for Prussian junior officers. When awarded with swords it was worn on...
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tactician Oswald Boelcke (the latter pair were the first to be awarded the Pour le Mérite, the highest decoration for gallantry for officers in the German Empire:...
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Umberto I of Italy (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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Max Planck (category Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class))
Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck (/ˈplæŋk/; German: [maks ˈplaŋk] ; 23 April 1858 – 4 October 1947) was a German theoretical physicist whose discovery of energy...
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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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Hermann von Kuhl (category Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil 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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