Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

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civil order order of merit state decoration

The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany is the country’s highest federal decoration, awarded for outstanding service to the nation in political, economic, social, or intellectual fields.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Bundesverdienstkreuz 2
German Federal Cross of Merit 1
German honours system 1

Statements (48)

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

Federal Cross of Merit ⓘ
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
surface form: Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
awardedBy President of Germany ⓘ
surface form: Federal President of Germany
awardedFor cultural merit ⓘ
economic merit ⓘ
intellectual achievement ⓘ
outstanding service to the nation ⓘ
political merit ⓘ
social merit ⓘ
voluntary service ⓘ
awardingBody Office of the Federal President ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
eligibility Germans ⓘ
foreign nationals ⓘ
foundedBy President of Germany ⓘ
surface form: Federal President of Germany

Federal President Theodor Heuss ⓘ
surface form: Theodor Heuss
hasComponent badge ⓘ
ribbon ⓘ
star ⓘ
hasGrade Cross of Merit 1st Class ⓘ
Cross of Merit on Ribbon ⓘ
Grand Cross ⓘ
Grand Cross 1st Class ⓘ
Grand Cross Special Class ⓘ
Knight Commander’s Cross ⓘ
Medal of Merit ⓘ
Officer’s Cross ⓘ
highestDecorationOf Germany ⓘ
surface form: Federal Republic of Germany
inception 1951-09-07 ⓘ
isHighest true ⓘ
jurisdiction Germany ⓘ
surface form: Federal Republic of Germany
legalBasis Act on Titles, Orders and Decorations of 1951 ⓘ
surface form: Act on Titles, Orders and Decorations of 1957
mottoLanguage German ⓘ
notableRecipient Angela Merkel ⓘ
Helmut Kohl ⓘ
Konrad Adenauer ⓘ
Mikhail Gorbachev ⓘ
Elizabeth II ⓘ
surface form: Queen Elizabeth II
ribbonColor red ⓘ
ribbonFeature gold-black stripes ⓘ
scope civilian ⓘ
military ⓘ
status currently awarded ⓘ
symbol Maltese cross ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

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

Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany → alsoKnownAs → Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bundesverdienstkreuz
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany → alsoKnownAs → Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany → alsoKnownAs → Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bundesverdienstkreuz
Nimitz → awardReceived → Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
subject surface form: Chester W. Nimitz
Chester → awardReceived → Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
subject surface form: Chester W. Nimitz
Georg Ratzinger → awardReceived → Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Gerhard Richter → awardReceived → Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Herbert Blomstedt → awardReceived → Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Federal Cross of Merit
Herbert Blomstedt → awardReceived → Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Hildegard Hamm-Brücher → awardReceived → Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar → awardReceived → Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Johannes Steinhoff → awardReceived → Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Karl Rahner → awardReceived → Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Lang Lang → awardReceived → Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Ludwig Erhard → awardReceived → Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Maria Reiche → awardReceived → Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Martin Lindauer → awardReceived → Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Mohamed ElBaradei → awardReceived → Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Zubin Mehta → awardReceived → Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: German honours system
Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany → gradeOf → Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Grand Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany → gradeOf → Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Bavarian Order of Merit → higherAward → Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany → partOf → Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Grand Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany → partOf → Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ