Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

E41384
President of Germany civil order of merit state decoration

The Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany is a prestigious national decoration awarded for outstanding service to the nation in political, economic, social, or intellectual fields.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 4
Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1
Cross of the Order of the Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 0

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf President of Germany ⓘ
civil order of merit ⓘ
state decoration ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
surface form: Bundesverdienstkreuz

Federal Cross of Merit ⓘ
awardedBy President of Germany ⓘ
awardedFor economic merit ⓘ
intellectual merit ⓘ
outstanding service to the nation ⓘ
political merit ⓘ
social merit ⓘ
awardingCriteria exceptional achievements in public office ⓘ
longstanding voluntary service ⓘ
promotion of Germany’s international reputation ⓘ
significant contributions to culture and science ⓘ
belongsTo German honours system ⓘ
conferredBy official decree of the Federal President ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
surface form: Federal Republic of Germany

Germany ⓘ
surface form: Federal Republic of Germany
eligibility German citizens ⓘ
foreign nationals ⓘ
established 1951-09-07 ⓘ
establishedBy Germany ⓘ
surface form: Federal Republic of Germany
founder Federal President Theodor Heuss ⓘ
surface form: Theodor Heuss
gradeOf Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
hasRecipientCategory artists ⓘ
business leaders ⓘ
politicians ⓘ
scientists ⓘ
social activists ⓘ
volunteers ⓘ
highestCivilianOrderIn Germany ⓘ
isCivilianDecoration true ⓘ
languageOfOfficialName German ⓘ
legalBasis Law on Titles, Orders and Decorations of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
surface form: Act on Titles, Orders and Decorations of the Federal Republic of Germany
militaryEligibility members of the Bundeswehr ⓘ
officialNameInGerman Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Verdienstkreuz des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
partOf Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
postNominalLetters no universal fixed post-nominals in Germany ⓘ
rankWithinOrder basic cross grade ⓘ
ribbonColor red ⓘ
scope national decoration of Germany ⓘ
status currently awarded ⓘ
symbol Coat of arms of Germany ⓘ
surface form: German federal eagle

Maltese cross ⓘ
type Order of Merit ⓘ
surface form: order of merit cross
wearing on the left breast ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Ban Ki-moon → awardReceived → Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Chester W. Nimitz → awardReceived → Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Gerhard Schröder → awardReceived → Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Jacques Piccard → awardReceived → Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Konrad Adenauer → awardReceived → Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Grand Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany → lowerAward → Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany → officialNameInGerman → Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Verdienstkreuz des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland