List of recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class)
The list contains recipients of the Pour le Mérite military class. Since the foundation, a total of 5,430 soldiers, sailors and servicemen received this award. The Pour le Mérite was the Kingdom of Prussia's highest military order for German soldiers until the end of World War I.
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| Hans Adam | Kapitänleutnant | Navy | 6 November 1917 | —
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| Armand von Alberti | Oberst | Army | 8 November 1918 | —
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| Viktor Albrecht | Generalleutnant | Army | 9 April 1918 | —
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| Karl Allmenröder | Leutnant | Air Force | 14 June 1917 | —
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| Dr. Ernst Freiherr von Althaus | Oberleutnant | Air Force | 22 July 1916 | —
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| Richard d´ Alton-Rauch | Oberstleutnant | Army | 15 August 1918 | —
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| Achaz Heinrich von Alvensleben | Major | Army | 1758 | —
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| Constantin von Alvensleben | Generalleutnant | Army | 17 September 1866 | 31 December 1870 | 
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| Walter Arens | Major | Army | 25 October 1918 | —
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| Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière | Kapitänleutnant | Navy | 11 October 1916 | —
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| Achim von Arnim | Hauptmann | Army | 17 April 1918 | —
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| Arthur Arz von Straussenburg | Feldmarschall-Leutnant General der Infanterie |
Austrian Army | 28 August 1915 | 6 August 1917 | 
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| Kasimir von Auer | Stabsrittmeister | Army | 18 December 1812 | —
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| Paul Baader | Major | Army | 20 October 1918 | —
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| Ernst von Bacmeister | General der Infanterie | Army | 8 October 1917 | —
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| Prince Wilhelm of Baden | General der Infanterie | Baden Army | 18 December 1895 | —
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| Paul Bäumer | Leutnant | Air Force | 2 November 1918 | —
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| William Balck | Generalmajor | Army | 9 March 1918 | —
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| Hermann von Balcke | Oberstleutnant | Army | 29 July 1917 | —
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| Viktor Bangert | Hauptmann | Army | 24 November 1917 | —
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| Dr. Karl Freiherr von Bardorff | Generalmajor | Austrian Army | 27 July 1917 | —
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| Albert Christoph Gottlieb von Barnekow | Generalmajor Generalleutnant |
Army | 20. September 1866 | 20. Januar 1871 | —
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| Karl Bartenbach | Korvettenkapitän | Navy | 27 October 1917 | —
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| Josef Barth | Major | Army | 9 August 1918 | —
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| Max Bauer | Oberstleutnant | Army | 19 December 1916 | 28 March 1918 | 
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| Prince Franz of Bavaria | Generalmajor | Bavarian Army | 16 May 1918 | —
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| Prince Leopold of Bavaria | Generalfeldmarschall | Bavarian Army | 5 August 1915 | 25 July 1917 | .jpg)
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| Ludwig III of Bavaria | Generalfeldmarschall | Bavarian Army | 8 December 1916 | —
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| Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria | Generaloberst Generalfeldmarschall |
Bavarian Army | 22 August 1915 | 20 December 1916 | 
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| Olivier Freiherr von Beaulieu-Marconnay | Leutnant | Air Force | 26 October 1918 | —
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| Friedrich Becker | Major | Army | 17 September 1918 | —
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| Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Ernst von Beeren | Major | Army | 7 June 1864 | —
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| Curt von Beerfelde | Major | Army | 21 April 1918 | —
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| Paul Behncke | Vizeadmiral | Navy | 4 December 1917 | —
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| Franz von Behr | Oberstleutnant | Army | 8 October 1917 | —
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| Stanislaus Behrendt | Hauptmann | Army | 4 October 1918 | —
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| Eduard von Below | General der Infanterie | Army | 18 August 1917 | —
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| Ernst von Below | Generalmajor | Army | 24 November 1917 | 13 October 1918 | —
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| Fritz von Below | General der Infanterie | Army | 16 February 1915 | 11 August 1916 | .jpg)
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| Hans von Below | Generalmajor | Army | 24 November 1917 | —
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| Otto von Below | General der Infanterie | Army | 16 February 1915 | 27 April 1917 | 
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| Theodor Werner Christian von Below | Oberst | Army | 1 January 1815 | —
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| Richard von Berendt | Oberst Generalmajor |
Army | 14 January 1917 | 24 November 1917 | —
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| Karl Berger | Generalmajor | Army | 17 April 1918 | —
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| Walter von Bergmann | Generalmajor | Army | 8 May 1918 | —
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| Waldemar Berka | Hauptmann | Army | 23 June 1918 | —
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| Fritz Otto Bernert | Leutnant | Air Force | 23 April 1917 | —
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| Friedrich von Bernhardi | General der Kavallerie | Army | 20 August 1916 | 15 May 1918 | 
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| Felix von Bernuth | Hauptmann | Army | 9 October 1918 | —
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| Hans Berr | Oberleutnant | Air Force | 4 December 1916 | —
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| Albert von Berrer | Generalleutnant | Württtembergian Army | 27 August 1917 | —
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| Rudolf Berthold | Oberleutnant | Air Force | 12 October 1916 | —
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| Hans Beseler | Major | Army | 28 November 1917 | —
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| Hans Hartwig von Beseler | General der Infanterie | Army | 10 October 1914 | 20 August 1915 | 
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| Ernst von Bila | Major | Army | 23 August 1918 | —
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| Karl Anton von Bila | Hauptmann | Army | 13 Juli 1794 | —
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| Rudolf Ernst von Bila | Stabsrittmeister | Army | 18 September 1787 | —
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| Karl Gustav von Bilow | Hauptmann | Army | 2 June 1793 | —
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| Jakob Albrecht von Birckhahn | Oberst | Army | 27 August 1789 | —
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| Siegmund Ernst von Birckhahn | Hauptmann | Army | June 1745 | —
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| Karl Friedrich Wilhelm von Böhmer | Premierleutnant | Army | 1807 | —
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| Josef Bischoff | Oberstleutnant | Heer | 30 June 1918 | —
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| Werner von Blomberg | Generalfeldmarschall | Heer | 3 June 1918 | —
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| Walter Blume | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 30 September 1918 | —
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| Fedor von Bock | Generalfeldmarschall | Heer | 1 April 1918 | —
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| Franz-Karl von Bock | Oberst | Heer | 13 October 1918 | —
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| Alfred von Böckmann | Generalleutnant | Heer | 8 October 1916 | 1 June 1917 | —
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| Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli | Generalfeldmarschall | Österreichische Armee | 7 October 1916 | 27 July 1918 | 
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| Erich Böhme | Generalleutnant | Heer | 7 May 1918 | —
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| Erwin Böhme | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 24 November 1917 | —
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| Max von Boehn | Generaloberst | Heer | 24 August 1916 | 20 May 1917 | .jpg)
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| Oswald Boelcke | Hauptmann | Luftstreitkräfte | 12 January 1916 | —
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| Oskar Freiherr von Boenigk | Generalmajor | Luftstreitkräfte | 25 October 1918 | —
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| Friedrich Ritter von Bogendörfer | Generalmajor | Heer | 8 November 1918 | —
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| Helmuth Bohm | Oberstleutnant | Heer | 5 May 1918 | —
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| Carl Bolle | Oberstleutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 21 August 1918 | —
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| Heinrich Bongartz | Oberst | Luftstreitkräfte | 23 December 1917 | —
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| Curt von dem Borne | General der Infanterie | Heer | 9 April 1918 | 3 November 1918 | 
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| Svetozar Boroëvić von Bojna | Feldmarschall | Österreichische Armee | 3 November 1917 | —
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| Karl von Borries | General der Infanterie | Heer | 13 June 1918 | —
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| Rudolf von Borries | Generalmajor | Heer | 4 August 1917 | —
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| Kuno-Hans von Both | General der Infanterie | Heer | 10 April 1918 | —
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| Felix Graf von Bothmer | Generaloberst | Heer | 7 July 1915 | 25 July 1917 | 
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| Ernst Brandenburg | Oberst | Luftstreitkräfte | 14 June 1917 | —
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| Curt von Brandenstein | Oberstleutnant | Heer | 26 September 1918 | —
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| Hermann von Brandenstein | General der Infanterie | Heer | 27 August 1918 | —
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| Otto Freiherr von Brandenstein | Generalleutnant | Heer | 15 May 1918 | —
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| Cordt Freiherr von Brandis | Generalleutnant | Heer | 21 April 1918 | —
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| Cordt von Brandis | Major | Heer | 14 March 1916 | —
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| Tido von Brederlow | Generalmajor | Heer | 9 October 1918 | —
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| Antol Graf von Bredow | General der Kavallerie | Heer | 23 July 1915 | —
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| Ludwig Breßler | General der Infanterie | Heer | 9 October 1918 | —
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| Carl Briese | Generalleutnant | Heer | 30 August 1918 | —
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| Friedrich Brinckmann | Oberst | Heer | 6 March 1918 | —
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| Heinrich Brinkord | Oberstleutnant | Heer | 21 October 1918 | —
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| Ferdinand Brisken | Oberstleutnant | Heer | 23 April 1918 | —
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| Bernhard Bronsart von Schellendorff | Generalleutnant | Heer | 16 September 1916 | —
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| Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff | Major | Heer | 25 October 1918 | —
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| Walter Siegfried Bronsart von Schellendorff | Oberst | Heer | 2 June 1918 | —
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| Georg Bruchmüller | Oberst | Heer | 1 May 1917 | 26 March 1918 | 
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| Erich Brückner | Oberst | Heer | 4 September 1918 | —
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| Friedrich Bruns | Oberst | Heer | 6 November 1918 | —
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| Julius Buckler | Oberstleutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 4 December 1917 | —
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| Hans-Joachim Buddecke | Oberleutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 14 April 1915 | —
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| Franz Büchner | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 25 October 1918 | —
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| Christoph Karl von Bülow | General der Kavallerie | Heer | 1745 | —
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| Karl Wilhelm Paul von Bülow | Generalfeldmarschall | Heer | 4 April 1915 | —
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| Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 8 October 1917 | —
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| Heinrich von Bünau | General der Infanterie | Heer | 17 September 1918 | —
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| Robert Bürkner | Generalmajor | Heer | 16 May 1918 | —
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| Boris III of Bulgaria | Generalfeldmarschall | Bulgarische Armee | 26 October 1916 | —
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| Ferdinand I of Bulgaria | Generalfeldmarschall | Bulgarische Armee | 8 September 1916 | 8 September 1916 | 
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| Hermann Ritter von Burkhardt | General der Artillerie | Heer | 12 May 1917 | —
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| Ernst Busch | Generalfeldmarschall | Heer | 4 October 1918 | —
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| Georg Freiherr von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen | Oberstleutnant | Heer | 18 September 1918 | —
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| Johannes von Busse | Generalleutnant | Heer | 16 April 1918 | —
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| Name | Rank | Branch | Pour le Mérite | Oak Leaves | Image |
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| Eduard von Capelle | Admiral | Marine | 9 January 1918 | —
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| Leo von Caprivi | General | Heer | 18 January 1871 | —
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| Alois Caracciola-Delbrück | Oberst | Heer | 25 August 1918 | —
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| Adolph von Carlowitz | General der Infanterie | Heer | 29 July 1917 | 25 May 1918 | .jpg)
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| Walter Caspari | Oberst | Heer | 21 April 1918 | —
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| Martin Chales de Beaulieu | General der Infanterie | Heer | 5 September 1917 | —
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| Siegfried von la Chevallerie | General der Artillerie | Heer | 20 January 1918 | 5 October 1918 | —
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| Friedrich Christiansen | General der Flieger | Luftstreitkräfte | 11 December 1917 | —
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| Eberhard von Claer | General der Infanterie | Heer | 29 June 1915 | —
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| Max Clausius | Oberst | Heer | 15 October 1918 | —
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| Erwin von Collani | Oberstleutnant | Heer | 7 May 1918 | —
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| Alexander Commichau | Oberst | Heer | 21 April 1918 | —
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| Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf | Generalfeldmarschall | Österreichische Armee | 12 May 1915 | 26 January 1917 | 
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| Richard von Conta | General der Infanterie | Heer | 15 October 1916 | 26 March 1918 | —
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| Elimar von Cranach | Generalmajor | Heer | 22 April 1918 | —
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| Name | Rank | Branch | Pour le Mérite | Oak Leaves | Image |
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| Rudolf Dänner | Generalleutnant | Heer | 26 October 1918 | —
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| Viktor Dallmer | General der Infanterie | Heer | 26 April 1917 | 8 June 1918 | —
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| Gustav Dammann | Generalleutnant | Heer | 6 November 1918 | —
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| Johannes von Dassel | General der Infanterie | Heer | 25 October 1918 | —
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| Carl Degelow | Major | Luftstreitkräfte | 8 November 1918 | —
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| Berthold von Deimling | General der Infanterie | Heer | 28 August 1916 | —
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| Dr. Walter von Delius | Oberst | Luftstreitkräfte | 20 January 1918 | —
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| Friedrich-Wilhelm Dernen | Heer | 29 August 1918 | —
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| Arnold von Detten | Oberstleutnant | Heer | 27 August 1918 | —
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| Curt von Dewitz | Generalleutnant | Heer | 22 April 1918 | —
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| Carl Dieffenbach | General der Infanterie | Heer | 26 April 1917 | —
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| Otto Freiherr von Diepenbroick-Grüter | Generalleutnant | Heer | 13 June 1918 | —
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| Wilhelm von Ditfurth | Generalmajor | Heer | 21 April 1918 | —
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| Achmed Djemal-Pascha | Generalleutnant | Osmanische Armee | 4 September 1917 | —
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| Gustav Dörr | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 17 January 1919 | —
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| Nikolaus Graf zu Dohna-Schlodien | Kapitän zur See | Marine | 7 March 1916 | —
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| Wilhelm von Dommes | Generalleutnant | Heer | 8 June 1918 | —
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| Georg Dorndorf | Oberst | Heer | 1 April 1918 | —
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| Albert Dossenbach | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 11 November 1916 | —
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| Eduard Ritter von Dostler | Oberleutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 6 August 1917 | —
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| Hermann Drechsel | Oberst | Heer | 3 April 1918 | —
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| Hermann von Dresler und Scharfenstein | General der Infanterie | Heer | 8 November 1917 | —
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| Hans von Drigalski | Oberst | Heer | 28 March 1918 | —
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| Wilhelm von Dücker | Generalmajor | Heer | 29 August 1918 | —
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| Johannes von Eben | General der Infanterie | Heer | 7 October 1916 | 22 September 1917 | .jpg)
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| Magnus von Eberhardt | General der Infanterie | Heer | 20 May 1917 | 25 April 1918 | 
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| Gottfried Edelbüttel | General der Infanterie | Heer | 12 October 1917 | —
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| Franz Freiherr von Edelsheim | Oberstleutnant | Heer | 4 October 1918 | —
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| Ralph von Egidy | Generalmajor | Heer | 31 October 1918 | —
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| Oskar von Ehrenthal | General der Infanterie | Heer | 15 June 1917 | —
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| Hermann von Eichhorn | Generalfeldmarschall | Herr | 18 August 1915 | 28 September 1915 | 
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| Karl von Einem genannt von Rothmaler | Generaloberst | Heer | 16 March 1915 | 17 October 1916 | 
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| Karl d'Elsa | Generaloberst | Heer | 1 September 1916 | —
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| Hugo Elstermann von Elster | General der Infanterie | Heer | 22 September 1917 | —
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| Otto von Emmich | General der Infanterie | Heer | 7 August 1914 | 14 May 1915 | 
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| Siegfried Freiherr von Ende | Generalleutnant | Heer | 31 October 1917 | —
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| Nikolaus Ritter von Endres | General der Infanterie | Heer | 17 April 1918 | 4 August 1918 | —
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| Georg von Engelbrechten | General der Infanterie | Heer | 8 July 1918 | —
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| Damad Enver-Pascha | Generalleutnant | Osmanisches Heer | 23 August 1915 | 10 January 1916 | 
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| Franz von Epp | General der Infanterie | Heer | 29 May 1918 | —
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| Hans von der Esch | Generalleutnant | Heer | 13 October 1918 | —
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| Friedrich Freiherr von Esebeck | General der Infanterie | Heer | 3 April 1918 | —
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| Ludwig von Estorff | General der Infanterie | Heer | 6 September 1917 | —
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| Günther von Etzel | General der Kavallerie | Heer | 4 August 1918 | 25 October 1918 | —
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| Siegfried Graf zu Eulenburg-Wicken | Oberst | Heer | 27 August 1917 | 4 September 1918 | —
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| Max von Fabeck | General der Infanterie | Heer | 23 August 1915 | —
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| Alexander von Falkenhausen | General der Infanterie | Heer | 7 May 1918 | —
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| Ludwig von Falkenhausen | Generaloberst | Heer | 23 August 1915 | 15 April 1916 | 
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| Erich von Falkenhayn | General der Infanterie | Heer | 16 February 1915 | 3 June 1915 | 
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| Eugen von Falkenhayn | General der Kavallerie | Heer | 28 August 1915 | 13 November 1915 | —
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| Karl von Fasbender | General der Infanterie | Heer | 13 September 1916 | —
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| Wilhelm Faupel | Generalleutnant | Heer | 18 June 1918 | August 1918 | —
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| Bernhard Graf Finck von Finckenstein | General der Infanterie | Heer | 9 April 1918 | —
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| Kurt Fischer | Oberstleutnant | Heer | 4 November 1917 | —
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| Udo von Fischer | Generalmajor | Heer | 30 June 1918 | —
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| Paul Fleck | General der Infanterie | Heer | 16 March 1915 | —
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| Sigismund von Foerster | General der Infanterie | Heer | 28 May 1901 | —
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| Dr. Walther Forstmann | Kapitän zur See | Marine | 12 August 1916 | —
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| Ernst Freiherr von Forstner | General der Infanterie | Heer | 31 October 1917 | 17 June 1918 | —
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| Ernst Frahnert | Oberst | Heer | 14 November 1917 | —
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| Hermann von François | General der Infanterie | Heer | 14 May 1915 | 27 July 1917 | 
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| Adolf Franke | General der Artillerie | Heer | 18 October 1918 | —
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| Hans-Heydan von Frankenberg und Ludwigsdorf | Generalmajor | Heer | 5 July 1918 | —
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| Wilhelm Frankl | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 12 August 1916 | —
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| Rudolf Frantz | Generalmajor | Heer | 25 July 1917 | —
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| Erich Freyer | Generalleutnant | Heer | 17 April 1918 | —
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| Karl von Freyhold | Oberst | Heer | 14 June 1918 | —
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| Hermann Fricke | Generalmajor | Luftstreitkräfte | 23 December 1917 | —
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| Friedrich von Friedeburg | Generalleutnant | Heer | 20 September 1918 | —
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| Karl Friederici | Major | Heer | 30 June 1918 | —
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| Albert von Fritsch | Generalleutnant | Heer | 3 September 1918 | —
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| Lothar Fritsch | General der Infanterie | Heer | 6 May 1918 | —
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| Georg Frotscher | General der Infanterie | Heer | 5 May 1918 | —
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| Georg Fuchs | General der Infanterie | Heer | 18 August 1917 | —
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| Arthur von Gabain | General der Infanterie | Heer | 8 November 1917 | 17 April 1918 | —
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| Otto Gabcke | Generalleutnant | Heer | 1 September 1918 | —
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| Hans Emil Alexander Gaede | General der Infanterie | Heer | 25 August 1915 | —
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| Erich Gaertner | Oberstleutnant | Heer | 8 November 1918 | —
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| Max von Gallwitz | General der Artillerie | Heer | 24 July 1915 | 28 September 1915 | File:Gallwitz.jpg |
| Otto von Garnier | General der Kavallerie | Heer | 12 October 1916 | —
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| Georg Freiherr von Gayl | General der Infanterie | Heer | 8 May 1918 | —
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| Wilhelm von Gazen | Oberstleutnant | Heer | 24 November 1917 | —
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| Ludwig Freiherr von Gebsattel | General der Kavallerie | Heer | 4 October 1916 | —
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| Carl Siegfried Ritter von Georg | Fregattenkapitän | Marine | 24 April 1918 | —
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| Ulrich von Germar | Generalmajor | Heer | 22 April 1918 | —
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| Friedrich von Gerok | General der Infanterie | Heer | 7 July 1915 | —
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| Daniel Gerth | Hauptmann | Heer | 11 October 1918 | —
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| Wilhelm Graf von Gluszewski-Kwilecki | Generalmajor | Heer | 24 November 1917 | —
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| Hermann Göring | Reichsmarschall | Luftstreitkräfte | 2 May 1918 | —
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| Wilhelm von Goerne | Generalmajor | Heer | 20 May 1917 | 30 August 1918 | —
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| Martin Goesch | Generalmajor | Heer | 21 April 1918 | —
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| Georg von Götz | Major | Heer | 17 October 1918 | —
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| August von Goetzen | Generalleutnant | Heer | 11 September 1916 | —
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| Rüdiger von der Goltz | Generalleutnant | Heer | 15 May 1918 | —
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| Friedrich von Gontard | General der Infanterie | Heer | 9 April 1918 | 4 August 1918 | —
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| Heinrich Gontermann | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 14 May 1917 | —
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| Konrad von Goßler | General der Infanterie | Heer | 10 August 1916 | —
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| Wolff von Graeffendorff | Oberst | Heer | 24 November 1917 | —
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| Eustach Göttinger | Fregattenkapitän | Marine | 24 November 1917 | —
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| Wilhelm Edler von Graeve | Oberstleutnant | Heer | 8 November 1918 | —
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| Kurt von Greiff | General der Infanterie | Heer | 9 June 1918 | —
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| Robert von Greim | Generalfeldmarschall | Luftstreitkräfte | 14 October 1918 | —
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| Wilhelm Griebsch | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 30 September 1918 | —
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| Wilhelm von Groddeck | Generalmajor | Heer | 9 April 1918 | —
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| Wilhelm Groener | Generalleutnant | Heer | 11 September 1915 | —
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| Hans von Gronau | General der Artillerie | Heer | 4 October 1916 | 6 August 1918 | 
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| Jürgen von Grone | Major | Luftstreitkräfte | 13 October 1918 | —
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| Theodor Groppe | Generalleutnant | Heer | 6 November 1918 | —
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| Hans von Grothe | Generalmajor | Heer | 2 November 1918 | —
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| Paul Grünert | Generalleutnant | Heer | 3 May 1918 | —
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| Ernst Gruson | Generalmajor | Heer | 6 July 1918 | —
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| Erich Gudowius | Generalleutnant | Heer | 4 August 1918 | —
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| Erich von Gündell | General der Infanterie | Heer | 28 August 1916 | —
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| Hans von Guretzky-Cornitz | General der Infanterie | Heer | 9 March 1916 | —
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| Friedrich Ritter von Haack | General der Infanterie | Heer | 8 August 1918 | —
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| Wilhelm von Haasy | Generalleutnant | Heer | 10 June 1918 | —
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| Heinrich Freiherr von Hadeln | Generalleutnant | Heer | 26 August 1917 | —
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| Siegfried Haenicke | General der Infanterie | Heer | 14 June 1918 | —
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| Gottlieb von Haeseler | Generalfeldmarschall | Heer | 19 January 1873 | 22 March 1915 | 
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| Wilhelm Hagedorn | Oberst | Heer | 30 July 1917 | —
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| Karl von Hagen | Oberstleutnant | Heer | 8 April 1918 | —
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| Dr. Oskar von Hahnke | Oberst | Heer | 8 October 1918 | —
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| Ernst Hammacher | Oberst | Heer | 31 October 1918 | —
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| Rudolph Hammer | Generalleutnant | Heer | 24 November 1917 | —
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| Fritjof Freiherr von Hammerstein-Gesmold | Generalleutnant | Heer | 1 November 1918 | —
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| Hans Freiherr von Hammerstein-Gesmold | General der Infanterie | Heer | 6 November 1918 | —
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| Karl Hansen | Generalleutnant | Heer | 8 November 1918 | —
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| Georg von Harder | Oberst | Heer | 25 August 1918 | —
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| Kurt Hartwig | Korvettenkapitän | Marine | 3 October 1918 | —
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| Otto Hasse | General der Infanterie | Heer | 23 December 1917 | 12 May 1918 | —
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| Hans-Joachim Haupt | Generalmajor | Heer | 16 March 1916 | —
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| Wilhelm Haupt | Oberst | Heer | 18 August 1918 | —
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| Ludwig Hauß | Oberst | Heer | 11 September 1918 | —
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| Walter von Haxthausen | Generalmajor | Heer | 13 June 1918 | —
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| Josias von Heeringen | Generaloberst | Heer | 25 August 1915 | 25 August 1916 | 
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| Heino von Heimburg | Vizeadmiral | Marine | 11 August 1917 | —
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| Oskar Heinicke | Admiral | Marine | 5 March 1918 | —
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| Franz Heinrigs | Oberst | Heer | 8 November 1917 | —
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| Siegfried von Held | Generalleutnant | Heer | 7 November 1918 | —
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| Emil Hell | Generalmajor | Heer | 21 September 1916 | 11 January 1917 | —
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| Hans Ritter von Hemmer | Generalmajor | Heer | 25 July 1917 | —
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| Richard Hentsch | Oberst | Heer | 23 September 1917 | —
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| Ferdinand Herold | Major | Herr | 8 October 1917 | —
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| Adolff Herrgott | Generalleutnant | Heer | 4 August 1918 | —
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| Otto Hersing | Fregattenkapitän | Marine | 5 June 1915 | —
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| Friedrich Wilhelm von Hetzberg | General der Kavallerie | Heer | 4 November 1918 | —
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| Hans Hesse | Generalmajor | Heer | 11 December 1916 | —
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| Albert Heuck | Generalleutnant | Heer | 28 October 1918 | —
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| Wilhelm Heye | Generaloberst | Heer | 20 August 1916 | 3 April 1918 | 
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| Hubert Heym | Oberst | Heer | 9 April 1918 | —
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| Hans von Heynitz | Oberst | Heer | 3 December 1917 | —
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| Robert Hieronymus | Hauptmann | Heer | 23 June 1918 | —
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| Paul von Hindenburg | Generalfeldmarschall | Heer | 8 September 1914 | 23 February 1915 | 
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| Franz von Hipper | Admiral | Marine | 5 June 1916 | —
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| Karl Hoefer | Generalleutnant | Heer | 23 July 1916 | 14 April 1918 | —
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| Walter Höhndorf | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 20 July 1916 | —
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| Ernst von Hoeppner | General der Kavallerie | Luftstreitkräfte | 8 April 1917 | —
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| Eberhard von Hofacker | Generalleutnant | Heer | 26 April 1917 | 24 November 1917 | 
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| Max Hoffmann | Generalmajor | Heer | 7 October 1916 | 25 July 1917 | 
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| Heinrich von Hofmann | Generalleutnant | Heer | 12 November 1917 | 18 September 1918 | —
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| Max Hofmann | General der Infanterie | Heer | 28 August 1915 | 5 July 1918 | —
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| Ernst von Hohnhorst | Generalleutnant | Heer | 6 May 1918 | —
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| Henning von Holtzendorff | Großadmiral | Marine | 22 March 1917 | 1 February 1918 | 
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| Erich Homburg | Generalleutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 13 October 1918 | —
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| Hans-Georg Horn | Oberstleutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 23 December 1917 | —
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| Rudolf von Horn | General der Artillerie | Heer | 21 September 1918 | —
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| Hans Howaldt | Kapitän zur See | Marine | 26 December 1917 | —
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| Otto Freiherr von Hügel | General der Infanterie | Heer | 28 August 1916 | —
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| Walter von Hülsen | General der Infanterie | Heer | 9 April 1918 | —
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| Wilhelm Humser | Major | Heer | 16 May 1918 | —
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| Paul Hundius | Kapitänleutnant | Marine | 18 August 1918 | —
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| Wilhelm Hundrich | Oberst | Heer | 23 April 1918 | —
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| Friedrich Franz von Huth | Generalmajor | Heer | 31 January 1918 | —
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| Oskar von Hutier | General der Infanterie | Heer | 6 September 1917 | 23 March 1918 | 
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| Emil Ilse | General der Artillerie | Heer | 28 August 1916 | —
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| Max Immelmann | Oberleutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 12 January 1916 | —
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| Alban von Jacobi | General der Infanterie | Heer | 12 April 1917 | —
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| Josef Jacobs | Major | Luftstreitkräfte | 18 July 1918 | —
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| Georg Johow | Generalleutnant | Heer | 21 September 1916 | —
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| Edgar Josenhanß | Major | Luftstreitkräfte | 28 October 1918 | —
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| Ernst Jünger | Hauptmann | Heer | 18 September 1918 | —
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| Ernst Kabisch | General der Infanterie | Heer | 9 October 1918 | —
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| Ernst Kaether | Generalmajor | Heer | 8 November 1918 | —
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| Hans-Heinrich von Kahlden | Oberstleutnant | Heer | 6 November 1918 | —
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| Konrad Kalau vom Hofe | Hauptmann | Heer | 23 July 1916 | —
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| Hugo von Kathen | General der Infanterie | Heer | 28 August 1916 | 27 August 1917 | 
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| Georg Kaulbach | Oberst | Heer | 2 June 1918 | —
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| Wilhelm Kaupert | Generalleutnant | Heer | 29 October 1918 | —
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| Karl von Keiser | Generalmajor | Heer | 24 November 1917 | —
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| Richard von Keiser | Generalmajor | Heer | 21 April 1918 | —
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| Alfred Keller | Generaloberst | Luftstreitkräfte | 4 December 1917 | —
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| Viktor Keller | Generalmajor | Heer | 27 March 1918 | —
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| Erich Kewisch | Oberst | Heer | 4 August 1918 | —
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| Christoph Ritter von Kiefhaber | General der Infanterie | Heer | 24 November 1917 | —
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| Paul Kienitz | Oberst | Heer | 16 July 1918 | —
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| Karl von Kietzell | Oberst | Heer | 5 July 1918 | —
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| Günther Graf von Kirchbach | Generaloberst | Heer | 27 October 1917 | —
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| Hans von Kirchbach | Generaloberst | Heer | 11 August 1916 | —
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| Hugo von Kirchbach | General der Infanterie | Heer | 20 September 1866 | 18 February 1871 | 
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| Heinrich Kirchheim | Hauptmann | Heer | 13 October 1918 | —
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| Hans Kirschstein | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 24 June 1918 | —
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| Otto Kissenberth | Oberleutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 30 June 1918 | —
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| Hans Klein | Generalmajor | Luftstreitkräfte | 4 December 1917 | —
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| Rudolf Kleine | Hauptmann | Luftstreitkräfte | 4 October 1917 | —
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| Alfred von Kleist | Generalleutnant | Heer | 8 October 1918 | —
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| Paul Klette | Oberst | Heer | 21 April 1918 | —
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| Willi von Klewitz | Oberst | Heer | 6 August 1917 | 26 August 1918 | —
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| Hans Kloebe | Generalleutnant | Heer | 20 January 1918 | —
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| Alexander von Kluck | Generaloberst | Heer | 28 March 1915 | —
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| Robert von Klüber | Oberstleutnant | Heer | 14 June 1917 | —
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| Kurt von Klüfer | Oberst | Heer | 21 April 1918 | —
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| Karl Friedrich von dem Knesebeck | Generalfeldmarschall | Army | 16 May 1807 | 19 October 1813 | 
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| Paul Ritter von Kneußl | General der Infanterie | Heer | 3 June 1915 | 11 January 1917 | —
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| Maximilian von Knoch | Oberst | Heer | 15 August 1918 | —
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| Otto Koch | Oberst | Heer | 21 April 1918 | —
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| Hermann Köhl | Hauptmann | Luftstreitkräfte | 21 May 1918 | —
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| Armin Koenemann | Generalmajor | Heer | 28 November 1917 | —
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| Götz Freiherr von König | General der Kavallerie | Heer | 23 July 1915 | —
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| Otto Könnecke | Oberstleutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 26 September 1918 | —
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| Hermann Baron Kövess von Kövesshaza | Feldmarschall | Österreichische Armee | 4 December 1915 | 26 March 1918 | 
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| Waldemar Kophamel | Fregattenkapitän | Marine | 29 December 1917 | —
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| Robert Kosch | General der Infanterie | Heer | 20 February 1915 | 27 November 1915 | —
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| Konrad Kraehe | General der Infanterie | Heer | 8 October 1917 | 15 August 1918 | —
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| Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen | General der Artillerie | Heer | 7 September 1916 | 11 December 1916 | 
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| Georg von Kranold | Oberst | Heer | 1 September 1918 | —
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| Paul Krause | Generalleutnant | Heer | 1 April 1918 | —
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| Alfred Krauss | General der Infanterie | Österreichische Armee | 12 November 1917 | —
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| Erich Krebs | Oberst | Heer | 23 December 1917 | —
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| Fritz Theodor Kremkow | Major | Heer | 27 November 1900 | —
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| Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein | General der Artillerie | Heer | 4 September 1917 | —
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| Ernst-Karl von Kretschmann | SS-Brigadeführer | Waffen-SS | 8 June 1918 | —
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| Eduard Kreuter | Generalmajor | Heer | 14 October 1918 | —
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| Friedrich von Kriegsheim | Oberstleutnant | Heer | 28 March 1918 | —
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| Heinrich Kroll | Oberleutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 29 March 1918 | —
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| Hans Krug von Nidda | General der Kavallerie | Heer | 7 October 1918 | —
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| Boleslaus von Kuczkowski | Oberst | Heer | 24 November 1917 | —
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| Kurt Kühme | Generalmajor | Heer | 30 August 1918 | —
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| Viktor Kühne | General der Artillerie | Heer | 11 December 1916 | —
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| Dr. Hermann von Kuhl | General der Infanterie | Heer | 28 August 1916 | 20 December 1916 | 
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| Friedrich Kundt | Generalleutnant | Heer | 12 October 1918 | —
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| Maximilian von Laffert | General der Kavallerie | Heer | 1 September 1916 | —
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| Otto Lancelle | Generalleutnant | Heer | 9 October 1918 | —
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| Rudolf Lange | Major | Heer | 21 July 1918 | —
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| Felix Langer | General der Infanterie | Heer | 8 October 1917 | 7 November 1918 | —
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| Julius von Langsdorff | Oberst | Heer | 22 April 1918 | —
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| Wilhelm von Lans | Admiral | Marine | 25 June 1900 | —
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| Alfred von Larisch | General der Infanterie | Heer | 25 August 1918 | —
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| Arthur Laumann | Generalmajor | Luftstreitkräfte | 25 October 1918 | —
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| Leopold Freiherr von Ledebur | General der Infanterie | Heer | 29 August 1918 | —
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| Gustav Leffers | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 5 November 1916 | —
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| Hermann Ritter von Lenz | Generalmajor | Heer | 10 April 1918 | —
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| Leo Leonhardy | Major | Luftstreitkräfte | 2 October 1918 | —
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| Arnold Lequis | General der Infanterie | Heer | 11 October 1917 | 5 December 1917 | —
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| Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck | General der Infanterie | Heer | 4 November 1916 | 10 October 1917 | 
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| Magnus von Levetzow | Konteradmiral | Marine | 31 October 1917 | —
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| Karl von Lewinski | Generalleutnant | Heer | 2 May 1915 | —
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| Eduard von Liebert | General der Infanterie | Heer | 6 June 1917 | —
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| Hermann von der Lieth-Thomsen | General der Flieger | Luftstreitkräfte | 8 April 1917 | —
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| Otto Liman von Sanders-Pascha | General der Kavallerie | Heer | 23 August 1915 | 10 January 1916 | 
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| Wilhelm Lincke | Oberst | Heer | 12 May 1917 | —
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| Otto von der Linde | Oberst | Heer | 18 September 1914 | —
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| Arthur von Lindequist | Generalleutnant | Heer | 23 December 1917 | 7 November 1918 | —
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| Alexander von Linsingen | Generaloberst | Heer | 14 May 1915 | 3 July 1915 | 
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| Karl Litzmann | General der Infanterie | Heer | 29 November 1914 | 18 August 1915 | 
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| Ewald von Lochow | General der Infanterie | Heer | 14 January 1915 | 13 November 1915 | 
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| Robert Loeb | General der Kavallerie | Heer | 17 June 1918 | —
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| Gerhard von Löbbecke | Oberst | Heer | 7 September 1918 | —
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| Eckhard von Loeben | Generalmajor | Heer | 30 September 1918 | —
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| Bruno Loerzer | Generaloberst | Luftstreitkräfte | 12 February 1918 | —
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| Erich Löwenhardt | Oberleutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 31 May 1918 | —
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| Johannes Lohs | Oberleutnant | Marine | 24 April 1918 | —
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| Friedrich Karl von Loßberg | General der Infanterie | Heer | 21 September 1916 | 24 April 1917 | —
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| Friedrich von Luck und Witten | Generalmajor | Heer | 29 August 1918 | —
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| Erich Ludendorff | General der Infanterie | Heer | 8 August 1914 | 23 February 1915 | 
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| Max Ludwig | General der Artillerie | Heer | 5 July 1918 | —
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| Rudolf Lüders | General der Infanterie | Heer | 30 September 1918 | —
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| Arthur Freiherr von Lüttwitz | Generalleutnant | Heer | 8 November 1917 | —
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| Walther von Lüttwitz | General der Infanterie | Heer | 24 August 1916 | 26 March 1918 | 
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| Kurt Freiherr von Lupin | Generalmajor | Heer | 26 March 1918 | —
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| Moriz von Lyncker | Generaloberst | Heer | 2 November 1917 | —
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| August von Mackensen | Generalfeldmarschall | Heer | 27 November 1914 | 14 June 1915 | 
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| Georg Maercker | Generalmajor | Heer | 1 October 1917 | 3 May 1918 | —
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| Franz Graf von Magnis | Oberst | Heer | 4 September 1918 | —
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| Albrecht Gustav von Manstein | General der Infanterie | Heer | 20 September 1866 | —
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| Heinrich von Manteuffel | General der Infanterie | Army | 1759 | —
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| Hans Markmann | Leutnant | Heer | 12 February 1918 | —
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| Gottfried Marquard | Generalmajor | Heer | 27 September 1916 | —
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| Wilhelm Marschall | Generaladmiral | Marine | 4 July 1918 | —
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| Wolfgang von Marschall Freiherr von Altengottern | General der Kavallerie | Heer | 21 September 1916 | 16 May 1918 | —
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| Georg von der Marwitz | General der Kavallerie | Heer | 7 March 1915 | 14 May 1915 | —
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| Robert Mattiaß | Oberst | Heer | 4 August 1918 | —
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| Willi Matthias | Generalmajor | Heer | 22 November 1917 | —
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| Dr. Heinrich von Maur | General der Artillerie | Heer | 20 May 1917 | —
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| Wilhelm Meckel | Generalleutnant | Heer | 26 August 1917 | —
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| Johann Meister | General der Infanterie | Heer | 2 November 1905 | —
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| Hans-Joachim von Mellenthin | Fregattenkapitän | Marine | 25 February 1918 | —
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| Carl Menckhoff | Oberleutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 2 April 1918 | —
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| Carl Merkel | Oberst | Heer | 3 May 1918 | —
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| Max von Mertens | Generalmajor | Heer | 11 September 1918 | —
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| Hermann Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim | Generalleutnant | Heer | 28 March 1918 | —
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| Horst von Metzsch | General der Artillerie | Heer | 7 October 1918 | —
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| Emil Berthold Meyer | Major | Heer | 8 November 1918 | —
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| Friedrich von Miaskowski | Oberst | Heer | 21 April 1918 | —
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| Andreas Michelsen | Vizeadmiral | Marine | 31 May 1918 | —
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| Leopold Milisch | Generalmajor | Heer | 25 October 1918 | —
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| Arnold Ritter von Möhl | General der Infanterie | Heer | 9 October 1918 | —
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| Richard Moeller | Generalmajor | Heer | 20 May 1917 | —
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| Karl Friedrich von Moller | Colonel | Artillery | 2 October 1756 | —
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| Helmuth von Moltke | Generaloberst | Heer | 7 August 1915 | —
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| Dr. Robert Morath | Fregattenkapitän | Marine | 7 November 1917 | —
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| Kurt von Morgen | General der Infanterie | Heer | 1 December 1914 | 11 December 1916 | 
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| Engelbert von Morsbach | Generalleutnant | Heer | 5 July 1918 | —
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| Otto von Moser | Generalleutnant | Heer | 26 April 1917 | —
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| Bruno von Mudra | General der Infanterie | Heer | 13 January 1915 | 17 October 1916 | 
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| Georg Mühry | General der Infanterie | Heer | 25 October 1918 | —
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| Ferdinand Müller | Oberst | Heer | 15 August 1918 | —
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| Georg Alexander von Müller | Admiral | Marine | 24 March 1918 | —
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| Karl von Müller | Kapitän zur See | Marine | 19 March 1918 | —
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| Max Ritter von Müller | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 3 September 1917 | —
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| Otto Müller | Oberst | Heer | 17 September 1918 | —
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| Rudolf Müller | Oberst | Heer | 15 August 1918 | —
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| Albert Müller-Kahle | Generalmajor | Luftstreitkräfte | 13 October 1918 | —
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| Max Ritter von Mulzer | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 8 July 1916 | —
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| Albert von Mutius | Generalleutnant | Heer | 4 September 1918 | —
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| Ulrich Neckel | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 8 November 1918 | —
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| Carl Nehbel | General der Artillerie | Heer | 30 September 1918 | —
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| Karl August Nerger | Konteradmiral | Marine | 24 February 1918 | —
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| Friedrich Nielebock | Leutnant | Heer | 2 June 1918 | —
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| Maresuke Nogi | General | Japanische Armee | 10 January 1905 | —
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| Curt von Oesterreich | Generalleutnant | Heer | 5 June 1918 | —
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| Archduke Eugen of Austria | Feldmarschall | Österreichische Armee | 23 May 1916 | 3 November 1917 | 
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| Franz Joseph I of Austria | Generalfeldmarschall | Österreichische Armee | 27 August 1914 | 27 August 1914 | 
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| Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen | Generalfeldmarschall | Österreichische Armee | 12 May 1915 | 4 January 1917 | 
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| Archduke Joseph August of Austria | Feldmarschall | Österreichische Armee | 30 March 1917 | 26 March 1918 | _in_1917.jpg)
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| Charles I of Austria | Generalfeldmarschall | Österreichische Armee | 20 May 1916 | 6 December 1916 | File:JCKV Karel I.JPG |
| Horst Ritter und Edler von Oetinger | General der Infanterie | Heer | 26 March 1918 | —
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| Erich Freiherr von Oldershausen | Generalleutnant | Heer | 23 December 1917 | 26 March 1918 | —
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| Martin Freiherr von Oldershausen | Generalleutnant | Heer | 20 May 1917 | —
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| Gustav von Oppen | Oberst | Heer | 1 November 1918 | —
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| Wilhelm Osiander | Oberstleutnant | Heer | 6 November 1918 | —
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| Theodor Osterkamp | Generalleutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 2 September 1918 | —
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| Martin Otto | Generalmajor | Heer | 15 August 1918 | —
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| Adolf von Oven | General der Infanterie | Heer | 22 September 1918 | —
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| Ernst von Oven | General der Infanterie | Heer | 25 October 1918 | —
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| Georg von Oven | Generalmajor | Heer | 12 October 1917 | —
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| Leo von Paczynski-Tenczin | Oberst | Heer | 25 November 1917 | —
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| Günther von Pannewitz | General der Infanterie | Heer | 13 September 1916 | —
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| Alexander August Wilhelm von Pape | Generaloberst | Heer | 22 March 1872 | —
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| Otto Parschau | Oberleutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 10 July 1916 | —
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| Karl Paulus | Oberst | Heer | 13 October 1918 | —
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| Richard von Pawelfz | Oberstleutnant | Heer | 23 December 1917 | —
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| Paul Freiherr von Pechmann | Oberleutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 31 July 1917 | —
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| Peter von Pennavaire | Generalmajor | Heer | June 1747 | —
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| Axel von Peresdorff | Generalmajor | Heer | 22 April 1918 | —
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| Hans Petri | General der Infanterie | Heer | 28 October 1918 | —
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| Wilhelm Pfaehler | Major | Heer | 9 October 1918 | —
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| Clemens Pfafferott | Major | Heer | 30 October 1918 | —
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| Benno Pflugradt | Major | Heer | 3 November 1918 | —
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| Ernst von Pfuel | General der Infanterie | Heer | 28 December 1814 | 31. December 1831 | 18. June 1864 | 
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| Ernst Ludwig von Pfuel | General der Infanterie | Heer | 1760 | —
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| Franz Wilhelm von Pfuel | Generalmajor | Heer | [1] | —
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| Karl Ludwig von Pfuel | Generalmajor | Heer | 1793 | —
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| Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig von Pfuel | Genralleutnant | Heer | —
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| Arthur Pikardi | Major | Heer | 6 July 1918 | —
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| Friedrich von Pirscher | Major | Heer | 5 May 1918 | —
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| Horst Edler von der Planitz | General der Infanterie | Heer | 20 May 1917 | —
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| Axel von Platen | Major | Heer | 21 April 1918 | —
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| Otto Plath | Hauptmann | Heer | 27 August 1918 | —
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| Karl von Plehwe | Oberstleutnant | Heer | 21 April 1918 | —
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| Hans von Plessen | Generaloberst | Heer | 24 March 1918 | —
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| Karl von Plettenberg | General der Infanterie | Heer | 14 May 1915 | —
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| Otto von Plüstow | General der Infanterie | Heer | 11 May 1917 | —
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| Georg Pohlmann | Generalmajor | Heer | 4 October 1918 | —
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| Rudolph Popelka | Oberst | Österreichische Armee | 11 October 1918 | —
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| Karl Ritter von Prager | Major | Heer | 23 December 1917 | —
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| Ludwig Freiherr von Preuschen von und zu Liebenstein | Hauptmann | Heer | 17 June 1918 | —
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| Hans Preusker | Oberstleutnant | Heer | 27 July 1917 | —
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| William, German Crown Prince | General der Infanterie | Heer | 22 August 1915 | 8 September 1916 | —
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| Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia | Generalmajor | Heer | 22 March 1915 | 14 May 1915 | —
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| Prince Heinrich of Prussia | Großadmiral | Marine | 1 August 1916 | 24 January 1918 | —
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| Wilhelm Preusser | Hauptmann | Heer | 6 July 1918 | —
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| Kurt Freiherr von Buchau | Generalmajor | Heer | 11 May 1918 | —
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| Joachim Bernhard von Prittwitz[2] | Lieutenant General | Artillery | 25 August 1758 | —
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| Kurt von Pritzelwitz | General der Infanterie | Heer | 12 January 1916 | —
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| Fritz Pütter | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 31 May 1918 | —
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| Wilhelm von Puttkamer | Generalleutnant | Heer | 26 October 1918 | —
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| Ferdinand von Quast | General der Infanterie | Heer | 11 August 1916 | 10 April 1918 | .jpg)
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| Kurt Moritz von Quednow | Major | Heer | 30 August 1918 | —
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| Kurt Rackow | Leutnant | Heer | 7 June 1916 | —
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| Franz de Rainville | Major | Heer | 6 November 1918 | —
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| Otto Ritter von Rauchenberger | Generalleutnant | Heer | 6 September 1917 | 19 October 1918 | —
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| Johann von Ravenstein | Generalleutnant | Heer | 23 June 1918 | —
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| Armin Reichenbach | Hauptmann | Heer | 21 April 1918 | —
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| Wilhelm Reinhard | Oberstleutnant | Heer | 27 August 1917 | —
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| Walter Reinhardt | General der Infanterie | Heer | 30 April 1917 | —
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| Hermann Reinicke | Oberstleutnant | Heer | 8 December 1917 | —
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| Maximilian Freiherr von Reitzenstein | Oberst | Heer | 8 November 1918 | —
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| Theodor Renner | Generalmajor | Heer | 1 September 1918 | —
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| Karl von Rettberg | Major | Heer | 24 November 1917 | —
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| Wilhelm Ribbentrop | Generalmajor | Heer | 18 September 1918 | —
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| Lothar von Richthofen | Oberleutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 14 May 1917 | —
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| Manfred von Richthofen | Rittmeister | Luftstreitkräfte | 12 January 1917 | —
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| Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen | Generalleutnant | Heer | 18 January 1918 | —
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| Julius Riemann | General der Infanterie | Heer | 16 March 1915 | —
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| Peter Rieper | Leutnant | Heer | 7 July 1918 | —
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| Hans Eberhard von Riesenthal | Oberstleutnant | Heer | 22 April 1918 | —
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| Siegfried Rodig | Oberst | Heer | 21 April 1918 | —
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| Dietrich von Roeder | Generalmajor | Heer | 17 April 1918 | —
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| Friedrich Ritter von Röth | Oberleutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 8 September 1918 | —
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| Erwin Rommel | Generalfeldmarschall | Heer | 10 December 1917 | —
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| Albrecht von Roon | Generalfeldmarschall | Heer | —
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| Berend Roosen | Major | Heer | 9 April 1918 | —
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| Hans Rose | Kapitänleutnant | Marine | 20 December 1917 | —
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| Hugo von Rosenberg | Fregattenkapitän | Marine | 4 December 1917 | —
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| Albrecht Freiherr von Rotberg | Major | Heer | 30 June 1918 | —
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| Moritz Rothenbücher | Oberstleutnant | Heer | 15 August 1918 | —
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| Karl Rothenburg | Leutnant | Heer | 30 June 1918 | —
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| Hermann Rudolph | Oberstleutnant | Heer | 25 October 1918 | —
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| Otto Ruhnau | Major | Heer | 22 April 1918 | —
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| Fritz Rümmelein | Leutnant | Heer | 28 October 1918 | —
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| Fritz Rumey | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 10 July 1918 | —
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| Siegfried Runge | Hauptmann | Heer | 30 August 1918 | —
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| Rudolf Rusche | Generalleutnant | Heer | 4 November 1918 | —
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| Name | Rank | Branch | Pour le Mérite | Oak Leaves | Image |
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| Gerhard von Scharnhorst | Generalleutnant | Heer | 9 February 1807 | —
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| Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg | General der Infanterie | Heer | 30 May 1915 | —
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| Gotthard Sachsenberg | Oberleutnant zur See | Marine | 5 August 1918 | —
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| Sieghard von Saldern | Hauptmann | Heer | 21 May 1918 | —
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| Reinhold Saltzwedel | Oberleutnant | Marine | 20 August 1917 | —
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| Philipp Sander | Major | Heer | 6 May 1918 | —
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| Traugott von Sauberzweig | Generalmajor | Heer | 6 September 1917 | —
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| Ernst Schaumburg | Hauptmann | Heer | 21 April 1918 | —
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| Karl-Emil Schäfer | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 26 April 1917 | —
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| Reinhard Scheer | Admiral | Marine | 5 June 1916 | 1 February 1918 | 
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| Reinhard von Scheffer-Boyadel | General der Infanterie | Heer | 2 December 1914 | —
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| Felix Schelle | Major | Heer | 30 June 1918 | —
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| Dedo von Schenck | General der Infanterie | Heer | 2 October 1916 | —
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| Werner Schering | Major | Heer | 3 September 1918 | —
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| Heinrich Scheuch | General der Infanterie | Heer | 8 April 1918 | —
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| Peter Scheunemann | Oberstleutnant | Heer | 1 April 1918 | —
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| Ernst Adolph Alphons Freiherr von Schimmelmann | Major | Heer | 16 July 1918 | —
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| Max-Friedrich von Schlechtendal | Oberst | Heer | 27 July 1917 | —
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| Eduard Ritter von Schleich | Hauptmann | Luftstreitkräfte | 4 December 1917 | —
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| Walter Freiherr von Schleinitz | Major | Heer | 31 October 1917 | —
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| Heinrich Schmedes | Oberstleutnant | Heer | 5 October 1918 | —
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| Eberhard Graf von Schmettow | Generalleutnant | Heer | 11 December 1916 | 4 August 1918 | 
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| Egon Graf von Schmettow | Generalleutnant | Heer | 4 November 1917 | —
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| Hans Schmid | Oberstleutnant | Heer | 27 July 1917 | —
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| Konstantin Schmidt von Knobelsdorf | Generalleutnant | Heer | 17 October 1915 | —
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| Ehrhard Schmidt | Vizeadmiral | Marine | 31 October 1917 | —
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| Johann Ritter von Schmidtler | Major | Heer | 26 October 1918 | —
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| Walther Schnieber | Leutnant | Heer | 27 October 1917 | —
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| Rudolf Schniewindt | Major | Heer | 4 August 1918 | —
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| Wilhelm Schniewindt | Major | Heer | 21 May 1918 | —
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| Emil von Schnizer | Major | Heer | 27 August 1918 | —
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| Roderich von Schoeler | Generalleutnant | Heer | 30 June 1918 | —
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| Albert Schoen | Major | Heer | 25 October 1918 | —
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| Ernst von Schönfeldt | Major | Heer | 6 November 1918 | —
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| Ferdinand Schörner | Generalfeldmarschall | Heer | 5 December 1917 | —
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| Friedrich von Scholtz | General der Artillerie | Heer | 3 September 1915 | —
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| Erich Scholtz | Hauptmann | Heer | 23 December 1917 | —
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| Wilhelm Paul Schreiber | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 29 May 1918 | —
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| Ludwig von Schröder | Admiral | Marine | 20 October 1915 | 23 December 1917 | 
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| Richard von Schubert | General der Artillerie | Heer | 28 August 1916 | —
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| Georg von Schüssler | Generalleutnant | Heer | 22 April 1918 | —
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| Ernst Schütz | Oberstleutnant | Heer | 20 May 1917 | —
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| Friedrich Graf von der Schulenburg | Generalmajor | Heer | 24 July 1917 | 23 March 1918 | —
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| Karl Graf von der Schulenburg-Wolfsburg | Oberst | Heer | 8 October 1917 | —
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| Walter Schultz | Major | Heer | 4 October 1918 | —
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| Otto Schultze | Generaladmiral | Marine | 18 March 1918 | —
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| Adolf Schwab | Oberstleutnant | Heer | 6 November 1918 | —
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| Detlof Graf von Schwerin | Oberst | Heer | 12 June 1918 | —
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| Oskar Schwerk | Oberstleutnant | Heer | 21 September 1916 | —
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| Walther Schwieger | Kapitänleutnant | Marine | 30 July 1917 | —
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| Hans von Seeckt | Generaloberst | Heer | 14 May 1915 | —
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| Just Friedrich von Seelhorst | Major | Heer | 26 November 1917 | —
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| Hans Sehmsdorff | Major | Heer | 17 October 1918 | —
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| Karl Seidel | Hauptmann | Heer | 9 October 1918 | —
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| Reinhard Seiler | Hauptmann | Heer | 31 January 1918 | —
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| Fritz von Selle | Oberst | Heer | 6 January 1918 | —
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| Georg Sick | Oberstleutnant | Heer | 20 May 1917 | —
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| Ludwig Sieger | Generalleutnant | Heer | 27 April 1918 | —
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| Gustav Siess | Korvettenkapitän | Marine | 24 April 1918 | —
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| Friedrich Bertram Sixt von Armin | General der Infanterie | Heer | 10 August 1916 | —
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| Franz Freiherr von Soden | General der Infanterie | Heer | 27 July 1917 | —
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| George Soldan | Hauptmann | Heer | 22 April 1918 | —
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| Hans Sottorf | Hauptmann | Heer | 1 November 1918 | —
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| Wilhelm Souchon | Admiral | Marine | 29 October 1916 | —
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| Theodor Sproesser | Major | Heer | 10 December 1917 | —
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| Hermann von Staab | Generalleutnant | Heer | 11 December 1916 | —
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| Markus Stachow | Oberstleutnant | Heer | 28 November 1917 | —
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| Max Stapff | Major | Heer | 23 December 1917 | —
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| Hermann von Stein | General der Artillerie | Heer | 1 September 1916 | —
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| Adolf Steinwachs | Major | Heer | 2 May 1917 | —
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| Albrecht Steppuhn | Major | Heer | 17 June 1918 | —
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| Otto von Steetten | Generalleutnant | Heer | 22 September 1916 | —
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| Wolfgang Steinbauer | Oberleutnant | Marine | 3 March 1918 | —
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| Otto Steinbrinck | Fregattenkapitän | Marine | 29 March 1916 | —
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| Kuno von Steuben | General der Infanterie | Heer | 13 October 1915 | —
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| Otto Stobbe | Major | Heer | 6 November 1918 | —
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| Julius von Stoeklern zu Grünholzek | Oberstleutnant | Heer | 23 June 1918 | —
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| Gustav Stoffleth | Hauptmann | Heer | 22 January 1918 | —
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| Paulus von Stolzmann | Generalmajor | Heer | 7 July 1915 | —
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| Albrecht Graf von Stosch | Major | Heer | 21 October 1918 | —
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| Heinrich Strack | Hauptmann | Heer | 30 October 1918 | —
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| Hermann von Strantz | General | Heer | 22 August 1915 | —
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| Peter Strasser | Fregattenkapitän | Marine | 20 August 1917 | —
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| Edwin von Stülpnagel | General der Infanterie | Heer | 4 August 1918 | —
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| Karl von Stumpff | Generalleutnant | Heer | 22 April 1918 | —
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| Wolff von Stutterheim | Generalmajor | Heer | 29 August 1918 | —
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| Hans von Sydow | Oberstleutnant | Heer | 6 January 1918 | —
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| Name | Rank | Branch | Pour le Mérite | Oak Leaves | Image |
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| Gerhard Tappen | Generalmajor | Heer | 11 September 1915 | 27 January 1916 | 
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| Friedrich von Taysen | Oberst | Heer | 6 January 1918 | —
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| Theodor Teetzmann | Generalmajor | Heer | 11 October 1917 | —
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| Rudolf Teichmann | Hauptmann | Heer | 18 May 1918 | —
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| Otto Teschner | Oberstleutnant | Heer | 22 January 1918 | —
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| Wilhelm von Thadden | Oberstleutnant | Heer | 8 October 1917 | —
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| Albrecht von Thaer | Oberstleutnant | Heer | 6 August 1917 | —
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| Karl Thom | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 1 November 1918 | —
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| Heinrich Ludwig August von Thümen | Chef | Preußische Armee | 15 June 1802 | 21 October 1813 | —
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| Emil Thuy | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 30 June 1918 | —
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| Paul Tiede | Generalleutnant | Heer | 17 April 1918 | —
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| August von Tippelstirch | Hauptmann | Heer | 15 October 1918 | —
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| Alfred von Tirpitz | Großadmiral | Marine | 10 August 1915 | —
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| Georgi Todorov | General der Infanterie | Bulgarische Armee | 14 October 1917 | —
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| Emil Trebing | Leutnant | Heer | 14 April 1918 | —
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| Horst Julius Freiherr Treusch von Buttlar-Brandenfels | Oberst | Luftstreitkräfte | 9 April 1918 | —
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| Walter Trenck | Hauptmann | Heer | 15 July 1918 | —
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| Hans von Troilo | Oberstleutnant | Heer | 5 July 1918 | —
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| Adolf von Trotha | Admiral | Marine | 5 June 1916 | —
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| Erich von Tschischwitz | Oberst | Heer | 9 November 1917 | —
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| Adolf Ritter von Tutschek | Hauptmann | Luftstreitkräfte | 3 August 1917 | —
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| Ludwig Ritter von Tutschek | Generalmajor | Heer | 8 December 1917 | —
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| Name | Rank | Branch | Pour le Mérite | Oak Leaves | Image |
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| Ernst von Uechtritz und Steinkirch | Gereralmajor | Army | 21 October 1918 | —
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| Ernst Udet | Leutnant | Air Force | 9 April 1918 | —
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| Umberto, Crown Prince of Italy | Generalmajor | Italian Army | 29 May 1872 | —
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| Ernst von Unger | Major | Army | 20 September 1866 | —
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| Walter von Unruh | Major | Army | 21 April 1918 | —
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| Guido von Usedom | Kapitän zur See Vizeadmiral |
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| Name | Rank | Branch | Pour le Mérite | Oak Leaves | Image |
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| Hans Peter van Vaernewyck | Major | Heer | 18 September 1918 | —
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| Max Valentiner | Kapitän zur See | Marine | 26 December 1916 | —
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| Josef Veltjens | Oberst | Luftstreitkräfte | 16 August 1918 | —
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| Detlew Vett | Generalleutnant | Heer | 4 October 1918 | —
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| Max Viebeg | Kapitänleutnant | Marine | 30 January 1918 | —
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| Alfred von Vollard-Bockelberg | Major | Heer | 4 November 1917 | —
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| Werner Voß | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 8 April 1917 | —
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| Hans von Voss | Major | Heer | 23 December 1917 | —
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| Name | Rank | Branch | Pour le Mérite | Oak Leaves | Image |
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| Emil Waldorf | Generalleutnant | Heer | 1 November 1918 | —
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| Alfred Freiherr von Waldstätten | Generalmajor | Österreichische Armee | 3 November 1917 | —
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| Franz Walz | Generalleutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 9 August 1918 | —
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| Curt Freiherr von Wängenheim | Oberst | Heer | 3 September 1917 | —
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| Hans Walther | Kapitänleutnant | Marine | 9 January 1917 | —
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| Charles-Emmanuel de Warnery | Major General | Cavalry | October 1756 | —
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| Erwin Wassner | Kapitänleutnant | Marine | 5 March 1918 | —
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| Oskar Freiherr von Watter | Generalleutnant | Heer | 23 December 1917 | —
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| Theodor Freiherr von Watter | General der Infanterie | Heer | 1 September 1916 | —
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| Theordor von Weber | Oberstleutnant | Heer | 8 October 1918 | —
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| Otto Weddigen | Kapitänleutnant | Marine | 24 October 1914 | —
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| Fritz Freiherr von Wedekind | Major | Heer | 15 August 1918 | —
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| Hasso von Wedel | Generalmajor | Heer | 27 August 1917 | —
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| Richard Wellmann | Generalleutnant | Heer | 23 December 1917 | —
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| Karl von Wenckstern | Hauptmann | Heer | 27 August 1918 | —
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| Ralph Wenniger | Kapitänleutnant | Marine | 30 March 1918 | —
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| Karl Ritter von Wenniger | Generalleutnant | Heer | 1 May 1917 | —
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| Hans von Werder | Oberst | Heer | 3 May 1918 | —
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| Wilhelm Werner | Kapitänleutnant | Marine | 18 August 1918 | —
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| Eduard von Westhoven | Major | Heer | 1 April 1918 | —
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| Georg Wetzell | Major | Heer | 11 December 1916 | —
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| Georg Wichura | General der Infanterie | Heer | 26 April 1917 | —
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| Hermann Wilck | Hauptmann | Heer | 9 October 1918 | —
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| Adolf Wild von Hohenborn | Generalleutnant | Heer | 2 August 1915 | —
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| Ludwig Wilhelm Freiherr von Willisen | Major | Heer | 1 November 1917 | —
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| Karl Willweber | Leutnant | Heer | 3 September 1918 | —
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| Arnold von Winckler | General der Infanterie | Heer | 27 November 1915 | —
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| Rudolf Windisch | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 6 June 1918 | —
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| Kurt Wintgens | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 1 July 1916 | —
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| Eduard Wittekind | Hauptmann | Heer | 4 December 1917 | —
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| Walther Dietrich von Witzleben | Generalmajor | Heer | 23 June 1918 | —
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| Kurt Wolff | Oberleutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 4 May 1917 | —
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| Horst von Wolff | Hauptmann | Heer | 28 November 1917 | —
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| Siegfried Woltersdorf | Major | Heer | 29 October 1918 | —
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| Remus von Woyrsch | Generalfeldmarschall | Heer | 25 October 1914 | —
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| Ernst von Wrisberg | Generalmajor | Major | 8 April 1918 | —
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| Johann Jakob von Wunsch | Oberst | Heer | 1757 | —
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| Otto Wünsche | Kapitänleutnant | Marine | 20 December 1917 | —
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| Hermann Wülfing | Major | Heer | 30 October 1918 | —
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| Kurt Wüsthoff | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 22 November 1917 | —
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| Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg | Generalfeldmarschall | Heer | 22 August 1915 | —
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| Fritz Wulff | Major | Heer | 8 October 1918 | —
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| Gustav Adolf von Wulffen | Brigadeführer | Waffen-SS | April|1918 | —
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| Name | Rank | Branch | Pour le Mérite | Oak Leaves | Image |
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| Oskar Edler und Ritter von Xylander | General der Infanterie | Bavarian Army | 20 August 1916 | —
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| Ernst Graf Yorck von Wartenburg | Major | Army | 23 September 1918 | —
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| Ludwig Graf Yorck von Wartenburg | Generalleutnant | Army | 27 May 1813 | —
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| Alfred Ziethen | Generalmajor | Army | 14 June 1915 | —
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| Nikola Zhekov | Major General | Bulgarian Army | 18 January 1916 | —
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| Max Zunehmer | Oberstleutnant | Army | 29 November 1917 | —
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| Hans von Zwehl | General der Infanterie | Army | 8 September 1914 | 17 October 1917 | 
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References
- ^ Die Generale der chur-brandenburgischen und königlich preussischen Armee von 1640–1840, p. 353, at Google Books
- ^ Bernhard von Poten (1888), "Prittwitz, Joachim Bernhard von", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 26, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 605–606
- Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand/Christian Zweng Die Ritter des Ordens Pour le Mérite 1740-1918; ISBN 3-7648-2503-0
- Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand/Christian Zweng Die Ritter des Ordens Pour le Mérite des I. Weltkriegs Band 1: A-G; ISBN 3-7648-2505-7
- Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand/Christian Zweng Die Ritter des Ordens Pour le Mérite des I. Weltkriegs Band 2: H-O, ISBN 3-7648-2516-2