The Pour le Mérite (German: [puːɐ̯ lə meˈʁiːt]; French: [puʁ lə me.ʁit], lit. 'For Merit'), also informally known as the "Blue Max", is an order of merit...
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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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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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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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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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Johannes Brahms (category Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class))
Johannes Brahms (German: [joˈhanəs ˈbʁaːms]; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period. Born...
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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 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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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 ("The Blue Max"). He was the last commander of Jagdgeschwader 1 (JG...
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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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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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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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Max Planck (category Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class))
Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck ForMemRS (English: /ˈplæŋk/, German: [maks ˈplaŋk] ; 23 April 1858 – 4 October 1947) was a German theoretical physicist whose...
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Werner Heisenberg (category Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class))
Nobel Prize in Physics (1932) Max Planck Medal (1933) ForMemRS (1955) Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts (1957) Foreign Associate of the National Academy...
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Erwin Schrödinger (category Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class))
Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger ForMemRS HonMRIA (UK: /ˈʃrɜːdɪŋə, ˈʃroʊdɪŋə/, US: /ˈʃroʊdɪŋər/; German: [ˈɛɐ̯vɪn ˈʃʁøːdɪŋɐ]; 12 August 1887 –...
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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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Michael Haneke (category Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class))
Michael Haneke (German: [ˈhaːnəkə]; born 23 March 1942) is an Austrian film director and screenwriter. His work often examines social issues and depicts...
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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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Hans Bethe (category Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class))
Hans Albrecht Bethe (German pronunciation: [ˈhans ˈbeːtə] ; July 2, 1906 – March 6, 2005) was a German-American theoretical physicist who made major contributions...
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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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Otto von Bismarck (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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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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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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August Neidhardt von Gneisenau (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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Carl Friedrich Gauss (category Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class))
Archives Nationales. Retrieved 7 April 2023. "Carl Friedrich Gauss". Orden pour le Mérite für Wissenschaften und Künste. Retrieved 7 April 2023. Dunnington 2004...
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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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Paul Bäumer (category Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class))
deployment, when he was shot down in flames in September. He received the Pour le Mérite shortly before the Armistice and was finally credited with 43 victories...
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