Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords

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military decoration order of merit

The Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords was a prestigious Prussian military decoration awarded for exceptional bravery and leadership in combat, particularly to officers during World War I.

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Label Occurrences
Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords canonical 4
Knight's Cross of the House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords 2
Hohenzollern Honour Cross 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military decoration ⓘ
order of merit ⓘ
associatedWith Prussian Army ⓘ
surface form: Prussian officer corps
associatedWithDynasty House of Hohenzollern ⓘ
awardedBy Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

Prussian monarchy ⓘ
awardedFor bravery in combat ⓘ
courage under fire ⓘ
distinguished military merit ⓘ
exceptional leadership in combat ⓘ
meritorious command in battle ⓘ
outstanding leadership of troops in combat ⓘ
personal valor ⓘ
repeated acts of bravery beyond the Iron Cross ⓘ
awardingAuthority King of Prussia ⓘ
country Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
decorationClass Knight class ⓘ
eligibility military personnel ⓘ
officers ⓘ
eraOfProminence World War I era ⓘ
GermanName Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ritterkreuz des Königlichen Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern
gradeWithinOrder Knight's Cross ⓘ
hasDevice crossed swords between arms of cross ⓘ
hasMotive Hohenzollern coat of arms ⓘ
higherAward Pour le Mérite ⓘ
historicalRegion German Empire ⓘ
historicalUse primarily during World War I ⓘ
languageOfName German ⓘ
lowerAward Iron Cross 1st Class ⓘ
material silver ⓘ
militaryDivision with Swords ⓘ
orderType dynastic order ⓘ
house order ⓘ
partOf House Order of Hohenzollern ⓘ
surface form: Royal House Order of Hohenzollern
ribbonColor black ⓘ
white ⓘ
ribbonPattern black with white edge stripes ⓘ
shape cross pattée ⓘ
status no longer awarded ⓘ
symbolismOfSwords denotes award for wartime or combat merit ⓘ
typicalRecipientsRank company-grade officers ⓘ
field-grade officers ⓘ
usedInConflict World War I ⓘ
wearingStyle suspended from ribbon ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oswald Boelcke → awardReceived → Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords ⓘ
Ernst Udet → awardReceived → Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords ⓘ
this entity surface form: Knight's Cross of the House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords
Walter Blume → awardReceived → Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords ⓘ
Bruno Loerzer → awardReceived → Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords ⓘ
this entity surface form: Knight's Cross of the House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords
Lothar von Richthofen → awardReceived → Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords ⓘ
House Order of Hohenzollern → hasPart → Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords ⓘ
this entity surface form: Knight’s Cross of the House Order of Hohenzollern
House Order of Hohenzollern → hasPart → Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords ⓘ
this entity surface form: Insignia of the House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords
House Order of Hohenzollern → precedenceOver → Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hohenzollern Honour Cross
Werner Voss → awardReceived → Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords ⓘ
Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords → GermanName → Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ritterkreuz des Königlichen Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern