Order of the Red Eagle

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order of chivalry order of merit

The Order of the Red Eagle was a prestigious Prussian order of chivalry and merit, historically awarded for distinguished civil or military service.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Roter Adlerorden	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	order of chivalry ⓘ order of merit ⓘ
abolished	1918 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Red Eagle Order ⓘ Order of the Red Eagle ⓘ surface form: Roter Adlerorden
associatedWithDynasty	House of Hohenzollern ⓘ
awardedFor	distinguished civil service ⓘ distinguished military service ⓘ merit ⓘ
awardingAuthority	German Emperor ⓘ King of Prussia ⓘ
capitalOfAwardingState	Berlin ⓘ
country	Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
decorationElement	red eagle ⓘ white enamel cross ⓘ
founder	George William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth ⓘ
grade	1st Class ⓘ 2nd Class ⓘ 3rd Class ⓘ 4th Class ⓘ Grand Cross ⓘ
higherAward	Order of the Black Eagle ⓘ
historicalEra	18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ early 20th century ⓘ
inception	1705 ⓘ
incorporatedIntoPrussianHonoursSystem	1792 ⓘ
lastAwardedIn	1918 ⓘ
lowerAward	Prussian Order of the Crown ⓘ surface form: Order of the Crown (Prussia)
motto	Sincere et Constanter ⓘ
mottoLanguage	Latin ⓘ
mottoMeaning	Sincere and Constant ⓘ
notableRecipient	Alexander von Humboldt ⓘ Carl Friedrich Gauss ⓘ Helmuth von Moltke the Elder ⓘ Immanuel Kant ⓘ Otto von Bismarck ⓘ Paul von Hindenburg ⓘ
originalName	Ordre de la Sincérité ⓘ
reestablished	1734 ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Protestant ⓘ
reorganized	1792 ⓘ
ribbonColor	white ⓘ
ribbonStripeColor	orange ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ
usedBy	Prussian Army ⓘ surface form: Prussian Army officers Prussian civil servants ⓘ

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

Order of the Red Eagle → alsoKnownAs → Order of the Red Eagle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roter Adlerorden

Behring → awardReceived → Order of the Red Eagle ⓘ

subject surface form: Emil Adolf von Behring

Emil Theodor Kocher → awardReceived → Order of the Red Eagle ⓘ

Erich Raeder → awardReceived → Order of the Red Eagle ⓘ

Franz von Hipper → awardReceived → Order of the Red Eagle ⓘ

Karl Benz → awardReceived → Order of the Red Eagle ⓘ

Manfred von Richthofen → awardReceived → Order of the Red Eagle ⓘ

Maximilian von Spee → awardReceived → Order of the Red Eagle ⓘ

Prince Frederick of the Netherlands → awardReceived → Order of the Red Eagle ⓘ

Robert Koch → awardReceived → Order of the Red Eagle ⓘ

Werner von Siemens → awardReceived → Order of the Red Eagle ⓘ

Prussian Order of the Crown → higherAward → Order of the Red Eagle ⓘ

Pour le Mérite → lowerAward → Order of the Red Eagle ⓘ