Pour le Mérite

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military order order of merit

Pour le Mérite was the Kingdom of Prussia’s highest military order of merit, famously awarded for extraordinary bravery and leadership in battle.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Pour le Mérite canonical 66
Pour le Mérite (military class) 9
Pour le Mérite award system 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military order ⓘ
order of merit ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Blue Max ⓘ
surface form: Blauer Max

Blue Max ⓘ
awardFor extraordinary bravery in battle ⓘ
outstanding military leadership ⓘ
awardingBody Wilhelm II, German Emperor ⓘ
surface form: German Emperor (as King of Prussia)

Frederick I of Prussia ⓘ
surface form: King of Prussia
centralDevice Prussian royal monogram ⓘ
civilClassContinuedBy Germany ⓘ
surface form: Federal Republic of Germany
countryOfOrigin Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
eligibility Prussian military personnel ⓘ
later German Empire military personnel ⓘ
enamelColor blue ⓘ
foundedBy Frederick II of Prussia ⓘ
hasCivilClassSuccessor Order Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts ⓘ
surface form: Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts
higherAward none (highest Prussian military order) ⓘ
inception 1740 ⓘ
languageOfName French ⓘ
lastAwarded 1918 ⓘ
laterAwardedFor both officers and, in special cases, non‑commissioned officers ⓘ
lowerAward Order of the Red Eagle ⓘ
material gold ⓘ
militaryClassDiscontinued 1918 ⓘ
motto Pour le Mérite self-link ⓘ
mottoLanguage French ⓘ
mottoMeaning For Merit ⓘ
namedAfter Maximilian von Forckenbeck (nickname origin disputed) ⓘ
notableRecipient Erich Ludendorff ⓘ
Erwin Rommel ⓘ
Manfred von Richthofen ⓘ
Max Immelmann ⓘ
Oswald Boelcke ⓘ
Paul von Hindenburg ⓘ
obverseInscription Pour le Mérite self-link ⓘ
originallyAwardedFor military merit ⓘ
partOf Prussian honours system ⓘ
region Prussia ⓘ
religiousAffiliation originally Protestant Prussian order ⓘ
reverseFeature Prussian eagles ⓘ
ribbonColor black with silver stripes (for some variants) ⓘ
shape Maltese cross ⓘ
status military class discontinued ⓘ
symbolizes highest recognition of Prussian military gallantry and leadership ⓘ
usedInConflict Franco-Prussian War ⓘ
surface form: Franco‑Prussian War

Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Seven Years' War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
wornWith neck ribbon ⓘ

Referenced by (77)

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

Erwin Rommel → awardReceived → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
Albert Kesselring → awardReceived → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
Hermann Göring → awardReceived → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
Gerd von Rundstedt → awardReceived → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross → precededBy → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
Pour le Mérite → motto → Pour le Mérite self-link ⓘ
Pour le Mérite → obverseInscription → Pour le Mérite self-link ⓘ
Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen → awardReceived → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
Ernst Busch → receivedAward → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
Walter Model → awardReceived → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
Hugo Sperrle → awardReceived → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
Paul von Hindenburg → awardReceived → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
Gotthard Heinrici → awardReceived → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
Erich von Manstein → awardReceived → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
Wilhelm List → awardReceived → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
Fedor von Bock → awardReceived → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
Johannes Blaskowitz → awarded → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
Erich Raeder → awardReceived → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
Wilhelm von Leeb → awardReceived → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
Erich Ludendorff → awardReceived → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
Maximilian von Weichs → awardReceived → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
Order Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts → motto → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
Manfred von Richthofen → awardReceived → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
Blue Max → hasFormalName → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
Blue Max → hasMotto → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
Blue Max → informalNameOf → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
Erich Dietl → receivedAward → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
Günther von Kluge → awardReceived → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
Maximilian von Spee → awardReceived → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
Field Marshal Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb → awardReceived → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
subject surface form: Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb
Ferdinand Schörner → awardReceived → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
Oswald Boelcke → awardReceived → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
Max Immelmann → awardReceived → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
Franz von Hipper → awardReceived → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
Mikhail Barclay de Tolly → awardReceived → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
Fritz von Below → awardReceived → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
Wilhelm Groener → awardReceived → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pour le Mérite (military class)
Max von Gallwitz → awardReceived → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz → awardReceived → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pour le Mérite (military class)
Field Marshal Alfred von Waldersee → awardReceived → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
subject surface form: Alfred von Waldersee
Hans von Seeckt → awardReceived → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
Georg von Küchler → awardReceived → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
Alfred von Schlieffen → awardReceived → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pour le Mérite (military class)
Ernst Udet → awardReceived → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
Helmuth von Moltke the Younger → awardReceived → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
Levin August von Bennigsen → awardReceived → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
Alexander von Kluck → awardReceived → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
Erich von Falkenhayn → awardReceived → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
von Bock → awardReceived → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
subject surface form: Fedor von Bock
Fritz Erich Georg Eduard von Lewinski → awardReceived → Pour le Mérite ⓘ
subject surface form: Erich von Manstein