List of the Pour le Mérite (military class) recipients

Pour le Mérite

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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A

Name	Rank	Branch	Pour le Mérite	Oak Leaves	Image
Hans Adam	Kapitänleutnant	Navy	6 November 1917	—	—
Armand von Alberti	Oberst	Army	8 November 1918	—	—
Viktor Albrecht	Generalleutnant	Army	9 April 1918	—	—
Karl Allmenröder	Leutnant	Air Force	14 June 1917	—
Dr. Ernst Freiherr von Althaus	Oberleutnant	Air Force	22 July 1916	—	—
Richard d´ Alton-Rauch	Oberstleutnant	Army	15 August 1918	—	—
Achaz Heinrich von Alvensleben	Major	Army	1758	—	—
Constantin von Alvensleben	Generalleutnant	Army	17 September 1866	31 December 1870
Walter Arens	Major	Army	25 October 1918	—	—
Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière	Kapitänleutnant	Navy	11 October 1916	—
Achim von Arnim	Hauptmann	Army	17 April 1918	—	100px
Arthur Arz von Straussenburg	Feldmarschall-Leutnant General der Infanterie	Austrian Army	28 August 1915	6 August 1917	100px
Kasimir von Auer	Stabsrittmeister	Army	18 December 1812	—	100px

B

Name	Rank	Branch	Pour le Mérite	Oak Leaves	Image
Paul Baader	Major	Army	20 October 1918	—	—
Ernst von Bacmeister	General der Infanterie	Army	8 October 1917	—	—
Prince Wilhelm of Baden	General der Infanterie	Baden Army	18 December 1895	—	100px
Paul Bäumer	Leutnant	Air Force	2 November 1918	—	100px
William Balck	Generalmajor	Army	9 March 1918	—	—
Hermann von Balcke	Oberstleutnant	Army	29 July 1917	—	—
Viktor Bangert	Hauptmann	Army	24 November 1917	—	—
Dr. Karl Freiherr von Bardorff	Generalmajor	Austrian Army	27 July 1917	—	—
Albert Christoph Gottlieb von Barnekow	Generalmajor Generalleutnant	Army	20. September 1866	20. Januar 1871	—
Karl Bartenbach	Korvettenkapitän	Navy	27 October 1917	—	—
Josef Barth	Major	Army	9 August 1918	—	—
Max Bauer	Oberstleutnant	Army	19 December 1916	28 March 1918	100px
Prince Franz of Bavaria	Generalmajor	Bavarian Army	16 May 1918	—	100px
Prince Leopold of Bavaria	Generalfeldmarschall	Bavarian Army	5 August 1915	25 July 1917	100px
Ludwig III of Bavaria	Generalfeldmarschall	Bavarian Army	8 December 1916	—
Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria	Generaloberst Generalfeldmarschall	Bavarian Army	22 August 1915	20 December 1916
Olivier Freiherr von Beaulieu-Marconnay	Leutnant	Air Force	26 October 1918	—	—
Friedrich Becker	Major	Army	17 September 1918	—	—
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Ernst von Beeren	Major	Army	7 June 1864	—	—
Curt von Beerfelde	Major	Army	21 April 1918	—	—
Paul Behncke	Vizeadmiral	Navy	4 December 1917	—	—
Franz von Behr	Oberstleutnant	Army	8 October 1917	—	—
Stanislaus Behrendt	Hauptmann	Army	4 October 1918	—	—
Eduard von Below	General der Infanterie	Army	18 August 1917	—	—
Ernst von Below	Generalmajor	Army	24 November 1917	13 October 1918	—
Fritz von Below	General der Infanterie	Army	16 February 1915	11 August 1916
Hans von Below	Generalmajor	Army	24 November 1917	—	—
Otto von Below	General der Infanterie	Army	16 February 1915	27 April 1917	100px
Theodor Werner Christian von Below	Oberst	Army	1 January 1815	—	—
Richard von Berendt	Oberst Generalmajor	Army	14 January 1917	24 November 1917	—
Karl Berger	Generalmajor	Army	17 April 1918	—	—
Walter von Bergmann	Generalmajor	Army	8 May 1918	—	—
Waldemar Berka	Hauptmann	Army	23 June 1918	—	—
Fritz Otto Bernert	Leutnant	Air Force	23 April 1917	—	100px
Friedrich von Bernhardi	General der Kavallerie	Army	20 August 1916	15 May 1918
Felix von Bernuth	Hauptmann	Army	9 October 1918	—	—
Hans Berr	Oberleutnant	Air Force	4 December 1916	—
Albert von Berrer	Generalleutnant	Württtembergian Army	27 August 1917	—	—
Rudolf Berthold	Oberleutnant	Air Force	12 October 1916	—	100px
Hans Beseler	Major	Army	28 November 1917	—	—
Hans Hartwig von Beseler	General der Infanterie	Army	10 October 1914	20 August 1915	100px
Ernst von Bila	Major	Army	23 August 1918	—	—
Karl Anton von Bila	Hauptmann	Army	13 Juli 1794	—	—
Rudolf Ernst von Bila	Stabsrittmeister	Army	18 September 1787	—	—
Karl Gustav von Bilow	Hauptmann	Army	2 June 1793	—	—
Jakob Albrecht von Birckhahn	Oberst	Army	27 August 1789	—	—
Siegmund Ernst von Birckhahn	Hauptmann	Army	June 1745	—	—
Karl Friedrich Wilhelm von Böhmer	Premierleutnant	Army	1807	—	—
Josef Bischoff	Oberstleutnant	Heer	30 June 1918	—	100px
Werner von Blomberg	Generalfeldmarschall	Heer	3 June 1918	—	100px
Walter Blume	Leutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	30 September 1918	—	100px
Fedor von Bock	Generalfeldmarschall	Heer	1 April 1918	—
Franz-Karl von Bock	Oberst	Heer	13 October 1918	—	—
Alfred von Böckmann	Generalleutnant	Heer	8 October 1916	1 June 1917	—
Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli	Generalfeldmarschall	Österreichische Armee	7 October 1916	27 July 1918	100px
Erich Böhme	Generalleutnant	Heer	7 May 1918	—	—
Erwin Böhme	Leutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	24 November 1917	—
Max von Boehn	Generaloberst	Heer	24 August 1916	20 May 1917	—
Oswald Boelcke	Hauptmann	Luftstreitkräfte	12 January 1916	—	100px
Oskar Freiherr von Boenigk	Generalmajor	Luftstreitkräfte	25 October 1918	—	—
Friedrich Ritter von Bogendörfer	Generalmajor	Heer	8 November 1918	—	—
Helmuth Bohm	Oberstleutnant	Heer	5 May 1918	—	—
Carl Bolle	Oberstleutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	21 August 1918	—	—
Heinrich Bongartz	Oberst	Luftstreitkräfte	23 December 1917	—
Curt von dem Borne	General der Infanterie	Heer	9 April 1918	3 November 1918	100px
Svetozar Boroëvić von Bojna	Feldmarschall	Österreichische Armee	3 November 1917	—	100px
Karl von Borries	General der Infanterie	Heer	13 June 1918	—	—
Rudolf von Borries	Generalmajor	Heer	4 August 1917	—	—
Kuno-Hans von Both	General der Infanterie	Heer	10 April 1918	—
Felix Graf von Bothmer	Generaloberst	Heer	7 July 1915	25 July 1917
Ernst Brandenburg	Oberst	Luftstreitkräfte	14 June 1917	—	—
Curt von Brandenstein	Oberstleutnant	Heer	26 September 1918	—	—
Hermann von Brandenstein	General der Infanterie	Heer	27 August 1918	—	—
Otto Freiherr von Brandenstein	Generalleutnant	Heer	15 May 1918	—	—
Cordt Freiherr von Brandis	Generalleutnant	Heer	21 April 1918	—	—
Cordt von Brandis	Major	Heer	14 March 1916	—	—
Tido von Brederlow	Generalmajor	Heer	9 October 1918	—	—
Antol Graf von Bredow	General der Kavallerie	Heer	23 July 1915	—	—
Ludwig Breßler	General der Infanterie	Heer	9 October 1918	—	—
Carl Briese	Generalleutnant	Heer	30 August 1918	—	100px
Friedrich Brinckmann	Oberst	Heer	6 March 1918	—	—
Heinrich Brinkord	Oberstleutnant	Heer	21 October 1918	—	—
Ferdinand Brisken	Oberstleutnant	Heer	23 April 1918	—	—
Bernhard Bronsart von Schellendorff	Generalleutnant	Heer	16 September 1916	—	—
Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff	Major	Heer	25 October 1918	—	—
Walter Siegfried Bronsart von Schellendorff	Oberst	Heer	2 June 1918	—	—
Georg Bruchmüller	Oberst	Heer	1 May 1917	26 March 1918	100px
Erich Brückner	Oberst	Heer	4 September 1918	—	—
Friedrich Bruns	Oberst	Heer	6 November 1918	—	—
Julius Buckler	Oberstleutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	4 December 1917	—
Hans-Joachim Buddecke	Oberleutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	14 April 1915	—
Franz Büchner	Leutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	25 October 1918	—	—
Karl Wilhelm Paul von Bülow	Generalfeldmarschall	Heer	4 April 1915	—
Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp	Leutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	8 October 1917	—	100px
Heinrich von Bünau	General der Infanterie	Heer	17 September 1918	—	—
Robert Bürkner	Generalmajor	Heer	16 May 1918	—	—
Boris III of Bulgaria	Generalfeldmarschall	Bulgarische Armee	26 October 1916	—	100px
Ferdinand I of Bulgaria	Generalfeldmarschall	Bulgarische Armee	8 September 1916	8 September 1916
Hermann Ritter von Burkhardt	General der Artillerie	Heer	12 May 1917	—	—
Ernst Busch	Generalfeldmarschall	Heer	4 October 1918	—
Georg Freiherr von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen	Oberstleutnant	Heer	18 September 1918	—	—
Johannes von Busse	Generalleutnant	Heer	16 April 1918	—	—

C

Name	Rank	Branch	Pour le Mérite	Oak Leaves	Image
Eduard von Capelle	Admiral	Marine	9 January 1918	—
Leo von Caprivi	General	Heer	18 January 1871	—
Alois Caracciola-Delbrück	Oberst	Heer	25 August 1918	—	—
Adolph von Carlowitz	General der Infanterie	Heer	29 July 1917	25 May 1918	100px
Walter Caspari	Oberst	Heer	21 April 1918	—	—
Martin Chales de Beaulieu	General der Infanterie	Heer	5 September 1917	—	—
Siegfried von la Chevallerie	General der Artillerie	Heer	20 January 1918	5 October 1918	—
Friedrich Christiansen	General der Flieger	Luftstreitkräfte	11 December 1917	—
Eberhard von Claer	General der Infanterie	Heer	29 June 1915	—
Max Clausius	Oberst	Heer	15 October 1918	—	—
Erwin von Collani	Oberstleutnant	Heer	7 May 1918	—	—
Alexander Commichau	Oberst	Heer	21 April 1918	—	—
Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf	Generalfeldmarschall	Österreichische Armee	12 May 1915	26 January 1917
Richard von Conta	General der Infanterie	Heer	15 October 1916	26 March 1918	—
Elimar von Cranach	Generalmajor	Heer	22 April 1918	—	—

D

Name	Rank	Branch	Pour le Mérite	Oak Leaves	Image
Rudolf Dänner	Generalleutnant	Heer	26 October 1918	—	—
Viktor Dallmer	General der Infanterie	Heer	26 April 1917	8 June 1918	—
Gustav Dammann	Generalleutnant	Heer	6 November 1918	—	—
Johannes von Dassel	General der Infanterie	Heer	25 October 1918	—	—
Carl Degelow	Major	Luftstreitkräfte	8 November 1918	—	—
Berthold von Deimling	General der Infanterie	Heer	28 August 1916	—
Dr. Walter von Delius	Oberst	Luftstreitkräfte	20 January 1918	—	—
Friedrich-Wilhelm Dernen	Generalmajor	Heer	29 August 1918	—	100px
Arnold von Detten	Oberstleutnant	Heer	27 August 1918	—	—
Curt von Dewitz	Generalleutnant	Heer	22 April 1918	—	—
Carl Dieffenbach	General der Infanterie	Heer	26 April 1917	—	100px
Otto Freiherr von Diepenbroick-Grüter	Generalleutnant	Heer	13 June 1918	—	—
Wilhelm von Ditfurth	Generalmajor	Heer	21 April 1918	—	—
Achmed Djemal-Pascha	Generalleutnant	Osmanische Armee	4 September 1917	—
Gustav Dörr	Leutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	17 January 1919	—
Nikolaus Graf zu Dohna-Schlodien	Kapitän zur See	Marine	7 March 1916	—	100px
Wilhelm von Dommes	Generalleutnant	Heer	8 June 1918	—	—
Georg Dorndorf	Oberst	Heer	1 April 1918	—	—
Albert Dossenbach	Leutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	11 November 1916	—
Eduard Ritter von Dostler	Oberleutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	6 August 1917	—	—
Hermann Drechsel	Oberst	Heer	3 April 1918	—	—
Hermann von Dresler und Scharfenstein	General der Infanterie	Heer	8 November 1917	—	—
Hans von Drigalski	Oberst	Heer	28 March 1918	—	—
Wilhelm von Dücker	Generalmajor	Heer	29 August 1918	—	—

E

Name	Rank	Branch	Pour le Mérite	Oak Leaves	Image
Johannes von Eben	General der Infanterie	Heer	7 October 1916	22 September 1917
Magnus von Eberhardt	General der Infanterie	Heer	20 May 1917	25 April 1918	100px
Gottfried Edelbüttel	General der Infanterie	Heer	12 October 1917	—	—
Franz Freiherr von Edelsheim	Oberstleutnant	Heer	4 October 1918	—	—
Ralph von Egidy	Generalmajor	Heer	31 October 1918	—	—
Oskar von Ehrenthal	General der Infanterie	Heer	15 June 1917	—	—
Hermann von Eichhorn	Generalfeldmarschall	Herr	18 August 1915	28 September 1915	100px
Karl von Einem genannt von Rothmaler	Generaloberst	Heer	16 March 1915	17 October 1916
Karl d'Elsa	Generaloberst	Heer	1 September 1916	—	100px
Hugo Elstermann von Elster	General der Infanterie	Heer	22 September 1917	—	—
Otto von Emmich	General der Infanterie	Heer	7 August 1914	14 May 1915	100px
Siegfried Freiherr von Ende	Generalleutnant	Heer	31 October 1917	—	—
Nikolaus Ritter von Endres	General der Infanterie	Heer	17 April 1918	4 August 1918	—
Georg von Engelbrechten	General der Infanterie	Heer	8 July 1918	—	—
Damad Enver-Pascha	Generalleutnant	Osmanisches Heer	23 August 1915	10 January 1916
Franz von Epp	General der Infanterie	Heer	29 May 1918	—
Hans von der Esch	Generalleutnant	Heer	13 October 1918	—	—
Friedrich Freiherr von Esebeck	General der Infanterie	Heer	3 April 1918	—	—
Ludwig von Estorff	General der Infanterie	Heer	6 September 1917	—	—
Günther von Etzel	General der Kavallerie	Heer	4 August 1918	25 October 1918	—
Siegfried Graf zu Eulenburg-Wicken	Oberst	Heer	27 August 1917	4 September 1918	—

F

Name	Rank	Branch	Pour le Mérite	Oak Leaves	Image
Max von Fabeck	General der Infanterie	Heer	23 August 1915	—	100px
Alexander von Falkenhausen	General der Infanterie	Heer	7 May 1918	—	100px
Ludwig von Falkenhausen	Generaloberst	Heer	23 August 1915	15 April 1916
Erich von Falkenhayn	General der Infanterie	Heer	16 February 1915	3 June 1915
Eugen von Falkenhayn	General der Kavallerie	Heer	28 August 1915	13 November 1915	—
Karl von Fasbender	General der Infanterie	Heer	13 September 1916	—	—
Wilhelm Faupel	Generalleutnant	Heer	18 June 1918	August 1918	—
Bernhard Graf Finck von Finckenstein	General der Infanterie	Heer	9 April 1918	—	—
Kurt Fischer	Oberstleutnant	Heer	4 November 1917	—	—
Udo von Fischer	Generalmajor	Heer	30 June 1918	—	—
Paul Fleck	General der Infanterie	Heer	16 March 1915	—	—
Sigismund von Foerster	General der Infanterie	Heer	28 May 1901	—	—
Dr. Walther Forstmann	Kapitän zur See	Marine	12 August 1916	—	—
Ernst Freiherr von Forstner	General der Infanterie	Heer	31 October 1917	17 June 1918	—
Ernst Frahnert	Oberst	Heer	14 November 1917	—	—
Hermann von François	General der Infanterie	Heer	14 May 1915	27 July 1917	100px
Adolf Franke	General der Artillerie	Heer	18 October 1918	—	—
Hans-Heydan von Frankenberg und Ludwigsdorf	Generalmajor	Heer	5 July 1918	—	—
Wilhelm Frankl	Leutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	12 August 1916	—	100px
Rudolf Frantz	Generalmajor	Heer	25 July 1917	—	—
Erich Freyer	Generalleutnant	Heer	17 April 1918	—	—
Karl von Freyhold	Oberst	Heer	14 June 1918	—	—
Hermann Fricke	Generalmajor	Luftstreitkräfte	23 December 1917	—	—
Friedrich von Friedeburg	Generalleutnant	Heer	20 September 1918	—	—
Karl Friederici	Major	Heer	30 June 1918	—	—
Albert von Fritsch	Generalleutnant	Heer	3 September 1918	—	—
Lothar Fritsch	General der Infanterie	Heer	6 May 1918	—	—
Georg Frotscher	General der Infanterie	Heer	5 May 1918	—	—
Georg Fuchs	General der Infanterie	Heer	18 August 1917	—	100px

G

Name	Rank	Branch	Pour le Mérite	Oak Leaves	Image
Arthur von Gabain	General der Infanterie	Heer	8 November 1917	17 April 1918	—
Otto Gabcke	Generalleutnant	Heer	1 September 1918	—	—
Hans Emil Alexander Gaede	General der Infanterie	Heer	25 August 1915	—
Erich Gaertner	Oberstleutnant	Heer	8 November 1918	—	—
Max von Gallwitz	General der Artillerie	Heer	24 July 1915	28 September 1915	100px
Otto von Garnier	General der Kavallerie	Heer	12 October 1916	—	—
Georg Freiherr von Gayl	General der Infanterie	Heer	8 May 1918	—	100px
Wilhelm von Gazen	Oberstleutnant	Heer	24 November 1917	—	—
Ludwig Freiherr von Gebsattel	General der Kavallerie	Heer	4 October 1916	—	—
Carl Siegfried Ritter von Georg	Fregattenkapitän	Marine	24 April 1918	—	—
Ulrich von Germar	Generalmajor	Heer	22 April 1918	—	—
Friedrich von Gerok	General der Infanterie	Heer	7 July 1915	—	—
Daniel Gerth	Hauptmann	Heer	11 October 1918	—	100px
Wilhelm Graf von Gluszewski-Kwilecki	Generalmajor	Heer	24 November 1917	—	—
Hermann Göring	Reichsmarschall	Luftstreitkräfte	2 May 1918	—
Wilhelm von Goerne	Generalmajor	Heer	20 May 1917	30 August 1918	—
Martin Goesch	Generalmajor	Heer	21 April 1918	—	—
Georg von Götz	Major	Heer	17 October 1918	—	—
August von Goetzen	Generalleutnant	Heer	11 September 1916	—	—
Rüdiger von der Goltz	Generalleutnant	Heer	15 May 1918	—	100px
Friedrich von Gontard	General der Infanterie	Heer	9 April 1918	4 August 1918	—
Heinrich Gontermann	Leutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	14 May 1917	—
Konrad von Goßler	General der Infanterie	Heer	10 August 1916	—	—
Wolff von Graeffendorff	Oberst	Heer	24 November 1917	—	—
Eustach Göttinger	Fregattenkapitän	Marine	24 November 1917	—	—
Wilhelm Edler von Graeve	Oberstleutnant	Heer	8 November 1918	—	—
Kurt von Greiff	General der Infanterie	Heer	9 June 1918	—	—
Robert von Greim	Generalfeldmarschall	Luftstreitkräfte	14 October 1918	—
Wilhelm Griebsch	Leutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	30 September 1918	—	—
Wilhelm von Groddeck	Generalmajor	Heer	9 April 1918	—	—
Wilhelm Groener	Generalleutnant	Heer	11 September 1915	—
Hans von Gronau	General der Artillerie	Heer	4 October 1916	6 August 1918	100px
Jürgen von Grone	Major	Luftstreitkräfte	13 October 1918	—	—
Theodor Groppe	Generalleutnant	Heer	6 November 1918	—	—
Hans von Grothe	Generalmajor	Heer	2 November 1918	—	—
Paul Grünert	Generalleutnant	Heer	3 May 1918	—	—
Ernst Gruson	Generalmajor	Heer	6 July 1918	—	—
Erich Gudowius	Generalleutnant	Heer	4 August 1918	—	—
Erich von Gündell	General der Infanterie	Heer	28 August 1916	—	100px
Hans von Guretzky-Cornitz	General der Infanterie	Heer	9 March 1916	—

H

Name	Rank	Branch	Pour le Mérite	Oak Leaves	Image
Friedrich Ritter von Haack	General der Infanterie	Heer	8 August 1918	—	—
Wilhelm von Haasy	Generalleutnant	Heer	10 June 1918	—	—
Heinrich Freiherr von Hadeln	Generalleutnant	Heer	26 August 1917	—	—
Siegfried Haenicke	General der Infanterie	Heer	14 June 1918	—	—
Gottlieb von Haeseler	Generalfeldmarschall	Heer	19 January 1873	22 March 1915
Wilhelm Hagedorn	Oberst	Heer	30 July 1917	—	—
Karl von Hagen	Oberstleutnant	Heer	8 April 1918	—	—
Dr. Oskar von Hahnke	Oberst	Heer	8 October 1918	—	—
Ernst Hammacher	Oberst	Heer	31 October 1918	—	—
Rudolph Hammer	Generalleutnant	Heer	24 November 1917	—	—
Fritjof Freiherr von Hammerstein-Gesmold	Generalleutnant	Heer	1 November 1918	—	—
Hans Freiherr von Hammerstein-Gesmold	General der Infanterie	Heer	6 November 1918	—	—
Karl Hansen	Generalleutnant	Heer	8 November 1918	—	—
Georg von Harder	Oberst	Heer	25 August 1918	—	—
Kurt Hartwig	Korvettenkapitän	Marine	3 October 1918	—	—
Otto Hasse	General der Infanterie	Heer	23 December 1917	12 May 1918	—
Hans-Joachim Haupt	Generalmajor	Heer	16 March 1916	—	—
Wilhelm Haupt	Oberst	Heer	18 August 1918	—	—
Ludwig Hauß	Oberst	Heer	11 September 1918	—	—
Walter von Haxthausen	Generalmajor	Heer	13 June 1918	—	—
Josias von Heeringen	Generaloberst	Heer	25 August 1915	25 August 1916	100px
Heino von Heimburg	Vizeadmiral	Marine	11 August 1917	—	—
Oskar Heinicke	Admiral	Marine	5 March 1918	—	—
Franz Heinrigs	Oberst	Heer	8 November 1917	—	—
Siegfried von Held	Generalleutnant	Heer	7 November 1918	—	—
Emil Hell	Generalmajor	Heer	21 September 1916	11 January 1917	—
Hans Ritter von Hemmer	Generalmajor	Heer	25 July 1917	—	—
Richard Hentsch	Oberst	Heer	23 September 1917	—	—
Ferdinand Herold	Major	Herr	8 October 1917	—	—
Adolff Herrgott	Generalleutnant	Heer	4 August 1918	—	—
Otto Hersing	Fregattenkapitän	Marine	5 June 1915	—	—
Friedrich Wilhelm von Hetzberg	General der Kavallerie	Heer	4 November 1918	—	—
Hans Hesse	Generalmajor	Heer	11 December 1916	—	—
Albert Heuck	Generalleutnant	Heer	28 October 1918	—	—
Wilhelm Heye	Generaloberst	Heer	20 August 1916	3 April 1918
Hubert Heym	Oberst	Heer	9 April 1918	—	—
Hans von Heynitz	Oberst	Heer	3 December 1917	—	—
Robert Hieronymus	Hauptmann	Heer	23 June 1918	—	—
Paul von Hindenburg	Generalfeldmarschall	Heer	8 September 1914	23 February 1915	100px
Franz von Hipper	Admiral	Marine	5 June 1916	—
Karl Hoefer	Generalleutnant	Heer	23 July 1916	14 April 1918	—
Walter Höhndorf	Leutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	20 July 1916	—
Ernst von Hoeppner	General der Kavallerie	Luftstreitkräfte	8 April 1917	—	—
Eberhard von Hofacker	Generalleutnant	Heer	26 April 1917	24 November 1917	—
Max Hoffmann	Generalmajor	Heer	7 October 1916	25 July 1917	—
Heinrich von Hofmann	Generalleutnant	Heer	12 November 1917	18 September 1918	—
Max Hofmann	General der Infanterie	Heer	28 August 1915	5 July 1918	—
Ernst von Hohnhorst	Generalleutnant	Heer	6 May 1918	—	—
Henning von Holtzendorff	Großadmiral	Marine	22 March 1917	1 February 1918	—
Erich Homburg	Generalleutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	13 October 1918	—	—
Hans-Georg Horn	Oberstleutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	23 December 1917	—	—
Rudolf von Horn	General der Artillerie	Heer	21 September 1918	—	—
Hans Howaldt	Kapitän zur See	Marine	26 December 1917	—
Otto Freiherr von Hügel	General der Infanterie	Heer	28 August 1916	—	—
Walter von Hülsen	General der Infanterie	Heer	9 April 1918	—	—
Wilhelm Humser	Major	Heer	16 May 1918	—	—
Paul Hundius	Kapitänleutnant	Marine	18 August 1918	—	—
Wilhelm Hundrich	Oberst	Heer	23 April 1918	—	—
Friedrich Franz von Huth	Generalmajor	Heer	31 January 1918	—	—
Oskar von Hutier	General der Infanterie	Heer	6 September 1917	23 March 1918

I

Name	Rank	Branch	Pour le Mérite	Oak Leaves	Image
Emil Ilse	General der Artillerie	Heer	28 August 1916	—	—
Max Immelmann	Oberleutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	12 January 1916	—	100px

J

Name	Rank	Branch	Pour le Mérite	Oak Leaves	Image
Alban von Jacobi	General der Infanterie	Heer	12 April 1917	—	—
Josef Jacobs	Major	Luftstreitkräfte	18 July 1918	—	100px
Georg Johow	Generalleutnant	Heer	21 September 1916	—	—
Edgar Josenhanß	Major	Luftstreitkräfte	28 October 1918	—	—
Ernst Jünger	Hauptmann	Heer	18 September 1918	—

K

Name	Rank	Branch	Pour le Mérite	Oak Leaves	Image
Ernst Kabisch	General der Infanterie	Heer	9 October 1918	—	—
Ernst Kaether	Generalmajor	Heer	8 November 1918	—	—
Hans-Heinrich von Kahlden	Oberstleutnant	Heer	6 November 1918	—	—
Konrad Kalau vom Hofe	Hauptmann	Heer	23 July 1916	—	—
Hugo von Kathen	General der Infanterie	Heer	28 August 1916	27 August 1917	100px
Georg Kaulbach	Oberst	Heer	2 June 1918	—	—
Wilhelm Kaupert	Generalleutnant	Heer	29 October 1918	—	—
Karl von Keiser	Generalmajor	Heer	24 November 1917	—	—
Richard von Keiser	Generalmajor	Heer	21 April 1918	—	—
Alfred Keller	Generaloberst	Luftstreitkräfte	4 December 1917	—	—
Viktor Keller	Generalmajor	Heer	27 March 1918	—	—
Erich Kewisch	Oberst	Heer	4 August 1918	—	—
Christoph Ritter von Kiefhaber	General der Infanterie	Heer	24 November 1917	—	—
Paul Kienitz	Oberst	Heer	16 July 1918	—	—
Karl von Kietzell	Oberst	Heer	5 July 1918	—	—
Günther Graf von Kirchbach	Generaloberst	Heer	27 October 1917	—	100px
Hans von Kirchbach	Generaloberst	Heer	11 August 1916	—	—
Hugo von Kirchbach	General der Infanterie	Heer	20 September 1866	18 February 1871	100px
Heinrich Kirchheim	Hauptmann	Heer	13 October 1918	—	100px
Hans Kirschstein	Leutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	24 June 1918	—	—
Otto Kissenberth	Oberleutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	30 June 1918	—
Hans Klein	Generalmajor	Luftstreitkräfte	4 December 1917	—	—
Rudolf Kleine	Hauptmann	Luftstreitkräfte	4 October 1917	—	—
Alfred von Kleist	Generalleutnant	Heer	8 October 1918	—	—
Paul Klette	Oberst	Heer	21 April 1918	—	—
Willi von Klewitz	Oberst	Heer	6 August 1917	26 August 1918	—
Hans Kloebe	Generalleutnant	Heer	20 January 1918	—	—
Alexander von Kluck	Generaloberst	Heer	28 March 1915	—
Robert von Klüber	Oberstleutnant	Heer	14 June 1917	—	—
Kurt von Klüfer	Oberst	Heer	21 April 1918	—	—
Paul Ritter von Kneußl	General der Infanterie	Heer	3 June 1915	11 January 1917	—
Maximilian von Knoch	Oberst	Heer	15 August 1918	—
Otto Koch	Oberst	Heer	21 April 1918	—	—
Hermann Köhl	Hauptmann	Luftstreitkräfte	21 May 1918	—	—
Armin Koenemann	Generalmajor	Heer	28 November 1917	—	—
Götz Freiherr von König	General der Kavallerie	Heer	23 July 1915	—	—
Otto Könnecke	Oberstleutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	26 September 1918	—	—
Hermann Baron Kövess von Kövesshaza	Feldmarschall	Österreichische Armee	4 December 1915	26 March 1918	—
Waldemar Kophamel	Fregattenkapitän	Marine	29 December 1917	—	—
Robert Kosch	General der Infanterie	Heer	20 February 1915	27 November 1915	—
Konrad Kraehe	General der Infanterie	Heer	8 October 1917	15 August 1918	—
Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen	General der Artillerie	Heer	7 September 1916	11 December 1916	—
Georg von Kranold	Oberst	Heer	1 September 1918	—	—
Paul Krause	Generalleutnant	Heer	1 April 1918	—	—
Alfred Krauss	General der Infanterie	Österreichische Armee	12 November 1917	—	—
Erich Krebs	Oberst	Heer	23 December 1917	—	—
Fritz Theodor Kremkow	Major	Heer	27 November 1900	—	—
Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein	General der Artillerie	Heer	4 September 1917	—
Ernst-Karl von Kretschmann	SS-Brigadeführer	Waffen-SS	8 June 1918	—	—
Eduard Kreuter	Generalmajor	Heer	14 October 1918	—	—
Friedrich von Kriegsheim	Oberstleutnant	Heer	28 March 1918	—	—
Heinrich Kroll	Oberleutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	29 March 1918	—	—
Hans Krug von Nidda	General der Kavallerie	Heer	7 October 1918	—	—
Boleslaus von Kuczkowski	Oberst	Heer	24 November 1917	—	—
Kurt Kühme	Generalmajor	Heer	30 August 1918	—	—
Viktor Kühne	General der Artillerie	Heer	11 December 1916	—	—
Dr. Hermann von Kuhl	General der Infanterie	Heer	28 August 1916	20 December 1916	100px
Friedrich Kundt	Generalleutnant	Heer	12 October 1918	—	—

L

Name	Rank	Branch	Pour le Mérite	Oak Leaves	Image
Maximilian von Laffert	General der Kavallerie	Heer	1 September 1916	—	100px
Otto Lancelle	Generalleutnant	Heer	9 October 1918	—	100px
Rudolf Lange	Major	Heer	21 July 1918	—	—
Felix Langer	General der Infanterie	Heer	8 October 1917	7 November 1918	—
Julius von Langsdorff	Oberst	Heer	22 April 1918	—	—
Wilhelm von Lans	Admiral	Marine	25 June 1900	—	—
Alfred von Larisch	General der Infanterie	Heer	25 August 1918	—	—
Arthur Laumann	Generalmajor	Luftstreitkräfte	25 October 1918	—	—
Leopold Freiherr von Ledebur	General der Infanterie	Heer	29 August 1918	—	—
Gustav Leffers	Leutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	5 November 1916	—	—
Hermann Ritter von Lenz	Generalmajor	Heer	10 April 1918	—	—
Leo Leonhardy	Major	Luftstreitkräfte	2 October 1918	—	—
Arnold Lequis	General der Infanterie	Heer	11 October 1917	5 December 1917	—
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck	General der Infanterie	Heer	4 November 1916	10 October 1917	100px
Magnus von Levetzow	Konteradmiral	Marine	31 October 1917	—	—
Karl von Lewinski	Generalleutnant	Heer	2 May 1915	—	—
Eduard von Liebert	General der Infanterie	Heer	6 June 1917	—	—
Hermann von der Lieth-Thomsen	General der Flieger	Luftstreitkräfte	8 April 1917	—	—
Otto Liman von Sanders-Pascha	General der Kavallerie	Heer	23 August 1915	10 January 1916	—
Wilhelm Lincke	Oberst	Heer	12 May 1917	—	—
Otto von der Linde	Oberst	Heer	18 September 1914	—	—
Arthur von Lindequist	Generalleutnant	Heer	23 December 1917	7 November 1918	—
Alexander von Linsingen	Generaloberst	Heer	14 May 1915	3 July 1915
Karl Litzmann	General der Infanterie	Heer	29 November 1914	18 August 1915	100px
Ewald von Lochow	General der Infanterie	Heer	14 January 1915	13 November 1915	100px
Robert Loeb	General der Kavallerie	Heer	17 June 1918	—	—
Gerhard von Löbbecke	Oberst	Heer	7 September 1918	—	—
Eckhard von Loeben	Generalmajor	Heer	30 September 1918	—	—
Bruno Loerzer	Generaloberst	Luftstreitkräfte	12 February 1918	—	—
Erich Löwenhardt	Oberleutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	31 May 1918	—	100px
Johannes Lohs	Oberleutnant	Marine	24 April 1918	—	—
Friedrich Karl von Loßberg	General der Infanterie	Heer	21 September 1916	24 April 1917	—
Friedrich von Luck und Witten	Generalmajor	Heer	29 August 1918	—	—
Erich Ludendorff	General der Infanterie	Heer	8 August 1914	23 February 1915
Max Ludwig	General der Artillerie	Heer	5 July 1918	—	—
Rudolf Lüders	General der Infanterie	Heer	30 September 1918	—	—
Arthur Freiherr von Lüttwitz	Generalleutnant	Heer	8 November 1917	—	—
Walther von Lüttwitz	General der Infanterie	Heer	24 August 1916	26 March 1918	—
Kurt Freiherr von Lupin	Generalmajor	Heer	26 March 1918	—	—
Moriz von Lyncker	Generaloberst	Heer	2 November 1917	—	—

M

Name	Rank	Branch	Pour le Mérite	Oak Leaves	Image
August von Mackensen	Generalfeldmarschall	Heer	27 November 1914	14 June 1915
Georg Maercker	Generalmajor	Heer	1 October 1917	3 May 1918	—
Franz Graf von Magnis	Oberst	Heer	4 September 1918	—	—
Albrecht Gustav von Manstein	General der Infanterie	Heer	20 September 1866	—	100px
Hans Markmann	Leutnant	Heer	12 February 1918	—	—
Gottfried Marquard	Generalmajor	Heer	27 September 1916	—	—
Wilhelm Marschall	Generaladmiral	Marine	4 July 1918	—
Wolfgang von Marschall Freiherr von Altengottern	General der Kavallerie	Heer	21 September 1916	16 May 1918	—
Georg von der Marwitz	General der Kavallerie	Heer	7 March 1915	14 May 1915	—
Robert Mattiaß	Oberst	Heer	4 August 1918	—	—
Willi Matthias	Generalmajor	Heer	22 November 1917	—	—
Dr. Heinrich von Maur	General der Artillerie	Heer	20 May 1917	—	—
Wilhelm Meckel	Generalleutnant	Heer	26 August 1917	—	—
Johann Meister	General der Infanterie	Heer	2 November 1905	—	—
Hans-Joachim von Mellenthin	Fregattenkapitän	Marine	25 February 1918	—	—
Carl Menckhoff	Oberleutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	2 April 1918	—	100px
Carl Merkel	Oberst	Heer	3 May 1918	—	—
Max von Mertens	Generalmajor	Heer	11 September 1918	—	—
Hermann Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim	Generalleutnant	Heer	28 March 1918	—	—
Horst von Metzsch	General der Artillerie	Heer	7 October 1918	—	—
Emil Berthold Meyer	Major	Heer	8 November 1918	—	—
Friedrich von Miaskowski	Oberst	Heer	21 April 1918	—	—
Andreas Michelsen	Vizeadmiral	Marine	31 May 1918	—	—
Leopold Milisch	Generalmajor	Heer	25 October 1918	—	—
Arnold Ritter von Möhl	General der Infanterie	Heer	9 October 1918	—	—
Richard Moeller	Generalmajor	Heer	20 May 1917	—	—
Helmuth von Moltke	Generaloberst	Heer	7 August 1915	—	100px
Dr. Robert Morath	Fregattenkapitän	Marine	7 November 1917	—	—
Kurt von Morgen	General der Infanterie	Heer	1 December 1914	11 December 1916	100px
Engelbert von Morsbach	Generalleutnant	Heer	5 July 1918	—	—
Otto von Moser	Generalleutnant	Heer	26 April 1917	—	—
Bruno von Mudra	General der Infanterie	Heer	13 January 1915	17 October 1916
Georg Mühry	General der Infanterie	Heer	25 October 1918	—	—
Ferdinand Müller	Oberst	Heer	15 August 1918	—	—
Georg Alexander von Müller	Admiral	Marine	24 March 1918	—
Karl von Müller	Kapitän zur See	Marine	19 March 1918	—
Max Ritter von Müller	Leutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	3 September 1917	—	—
Otto Müller	Oberst	Heer	17 September 1918	—	—
Rudolf Müller	Oberst	Heer	15 August 1918	—	—
Albert Müller-Kahle	Generalmajor	Luftstreitkräfte	13 October 1918	—	—
Max Ritter von Mulzer	Leutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	8 July 1916	—	100px
Albert von Mutius	Generalleutnant	Heer	4 September 1918	—	—

N

Name	Rank	Branch	Pour le Mérite	Oak Leaves	Image
Ulrich Neckel	Leutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	8 November 1918	—	—
Carl Nehbel	General der Artillerie	Heer	30 September 1918	—	—
Karl August Nerger	Konteradmiral	Marine	24 February 1918	—
Friedrich Nielebock	Leutnant	Heer	2 June 1918	—	—
Maresuke Nogi	General	Japanische Armee	10 January 1905	—	100px

O

Name	Rank	Branch	Pour le Mérite	Oak Leaves	Image
Curt von Oesterreich	Generalleutnant	Heer	5 June 1918	—	—
Archduke Eugen of Austria	Feldmarschall	Österreichische Armee	23 May 1916	3 November 1917
Franz Joseph I of Austria	Generalfeldmarschall	Österreichische Armee	27 August 1914	27 August 1914
Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen	Generalfeldmarschall	Österreichische Armee	12 May 1915	4 January 1917
Archduke Joseph August of Austria	Feldmarschall	Österreichische Armee	30 March 1917	26 March 1918
Charles I of Austria	Generalfeldmarschall	Österreichische Armee	20 May 1916	6 December 1916
Horst Ritter und Edler von Oetinger	General der Infanterie	Heer	26 March 1918	—	—
Erich Freiherr von Oldershausen	Generalleutnant	Heer	23 December 1917	26 March 1918	—
Martin Freiherr von Oldershausen	Generalleutnant	Heer	20 May 1917	—	—
Gustav von Oppen	Oberst	Heer	1 November 1918	—	—
Wilhelm Osiander	Oberstleutnant	Heer	6 November 1918	—	—
Theodor Osterkamp	Generalleutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	2 September 1918	—	100px
Martin Otto	Generalmajor	Heer	15 August 1918	—	—
Adolf von Oven	General der Infanterie	Heer	22 September 1918	—	—
Ernst von Oven	General der Infanterie	Heer	25 October 1918	—	—
Georg von Oven	Generalmajor	Heer	12 October 1917	—	—

P

Name	Rank	Branch	Pour le Mérite	Oak Leaves	Crown	Image
Leo von Paczynski-Tenczin	Oberst	Heer	25 November 1917	—	—	—
Günther von Pannewitz	General der Infanterie	Heer	13 September 1916	—	—	—
Alexander August Wilhelm von Pape	Generaloberst	Heer	22 March 1872	—	—	100px
Otto Parschau	Oberleutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	10 July 1916	—	—	100px
Karl Paulus	Oberst	Heer	13 October 1918	—	—	—
Richard von Pawelfz	Oberstleutnant	Heer	23 December 1917	—	—	—
Paul Freiherr von Pechmann	Oberleutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	31 July 1917	—	—	—
Peter von Pennavaire	Generalmajor	Heer	June 1747	—	—	—
Axel von Peresdorff	Generalmajor	Heer	22 April 1918	—	—	—
Hans Petri	General der Infanterie	Heer	28 October 1918	—	—	—
Wilhelm Pfaehler	Major	Heer	9 October 1918	—	—	—
Clemens Pfafferott	Major	Heer	30 October 1918	—	—	—
Benno Pflugradt	Major	Heer	3 November 1918	—	—	—
Ernst von Pfuel	General der Infanterie	Heer	28 December 1814	31. December 1831	18. June 1864
Ernst Ludwig von Pfuel	General der Infanterie	Heer	1760	—	—	—
Franz Wilhelm von Pfuel	Generalmajor	Heer		—	—	—
Karl Ludwig von Pfuel	Generalmajor	Heer	1793	—	—	—
Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig von Pfuel	Genralleutnant	Heer	—	—	—	—
Arthur Pikardi	Major	Heer	6 July 1918	—	—	—
Friedrich von Pirscher	Major	Heer	5 May 1918	—	—	—
Horst Edler von der Planitz	General der Infanterie	Heer	20 May 1917	—	—	—
Axel von Platen	Major	Heer	21 April 1918	—	—	—
Otto Plath	Hauptmann	Heer	27 August 1918	—	—	—
Karl von Plehwe	Oberstleutnant	Heer	21 April 1918	—	—	—
Hans von Plessen	Generaloberst	Heer	24 March 1918	—	—	—
Karl von Plettenberg	General der Infanterie	Heer	14 May 1915	—	—	100px
Otto von Plüstow	General der Infanterie	Heer	11 May 1917	—	—	—
Georg Pohlmann	Generalmajor	Heer	4 October 1918	—	—	—
Rudolph Popelka	Oberst	Österreichische Armee	11 October 1918	—	—	—
Karl Ritter von Prager	Major	Heer	23 December 1917	—	—	—
Ludwig Freiherr von Preuschen von und zu Liebenstein	Hauptmann	Heer	17 June 1918	—	—	—
Hans Preusker	Oberstleutnant	Heer	27 July 1917	—	—	—
William, German Crown Prince	General der Infanterie	Heer	22 August 1915	8 September 1916	—
Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia	Generalmajor	Heer	22 March 1915	14 May 1915	—
Prince Heinrich of Prussia	Großadmiral	Marine	1 August 1916	24 January 1918	—	100px
Wilhelm Preusser	Hauptmann	Heer	6 July 1918	—	—	—
Kurt Freiherr von Buchau	Generalmajor	Heer	11 May 1918	—	—	—
Kurt von Pritzelwitz	General der Infanterie	Heer	12 January 1916	—	—	—
Fritz Pütter	Leutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	31 May 1918	—	—	—
Wilhelm von Puttkamer	Generalleutnant	Heer	26 October 1918	—	—	—

Q

Name	Rank	Branch	Pour le Mérite	Oak Leaves	Image
Ferdinand von Quast	General der Infanterie	Heer	11 August 1916	10 April 1918	100px
Kurt Moritz von Quednow	Major	Heer	30 August 1918	—	—

R

Name	Rank	Branch	Pour le Mérite	Oak Leaves	Image
Kurt Rackow	Leutnant	Heer	7 June 1916	—	—
Franz de Rainville	Major	Heer	6 November 1918	—	—
Otto Ritter von Rauchenberger	Generalleutnant	Heer	6 September 1917	19 October 1918	—
Johann von Ravenstein	Generalleutnant	Heer	23 June 1918	—	—
Armin Reichenbach	Hauptmann	Heer	21 April 1918	—	—
Wilhelm Reinhard	Oberstleutnant	Heer	27 August 1917	—	—
Walter Reinhardt	General der Infanterie	Heer	30 April 1917	—	—
Hermann Reinicke	Oberstleutnant	Heer	8 December 1917	—	—
Maximilian Freiherr von Reitzenstein	Oberst	Heer	8 November 1918	—	—
Theodor Renner	Generalmajor	Heer	1 September 1918	—	—
Karl von Rettberg	Major	Heer	24 November 1917	—	—
Wilhelm Ribbentrop	Generalmajor	Heer	18 September 1918	—	—
Lothar von Richthofen	Oberleutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	14 May 1917	—	100px
Manfred von Richthofen	Rittmeister	Luftstreitkräfte	12 January 1917	—
Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen	Generalleutnant	Heer	18 January 1918	—	—
Julius Riemann	General der Infanterie	Heer	16 March 1915	—	100px
Peter Rieper	Leutnant	Heer	7 July 1918	—	—
Hans Eberhard von Riesenthal	Oberstleutnant	Heer	22 April 1918	—	—
Siegfried Rodig	Oberst	Heer	21 April 1918	—	—
Dietrich von Roeder	Generalmajor	Heer	17 April 1918	—	—
Friedrich Ritter von Röth	Oberleutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	8 September 1918	—	—
Erwin Rommel	Generalfeldmarschall	Heer	10 December 1917	—
Albrecht von Roon	Generalfeldmarschall	Heer		—
Berend Roosen	Major	Heer	9 April 1918	—	—
Hans Rose	Kapitänleutnant	Marine	20 December 1917	—	—
Hugo von Rosenberg	Fregattenkapitän	Marine	4 December 1917	—	—
Albrecht Freiherr von Rotberg	Major	Heer	30 June 1918	—	—
Moritz Rothenbücher	Oberstleutnant	Heer	15 August 1918	—	—
Karl Rothenburg	Leutnant	Heer	30 June 1918	—	—
Hermann Rudolph	Oberstleutnant	Heer	25 October 1918	—	—
Otto Ruhnau	Major	Heer	22 April 1918	—	—
Fritz Rümmelein	Leutnant	Heer	28 October 1918	—	—
Fritz Rumey	Leutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	10 July 1918	—	—
Siegfried Runge	Hauptmann	Heer	30 August 1918	—	—
Rudolf Rusche	Generalleutnant	Heer	4 November 1918	—	—

S

Name	Rank	Branch	Pour le Mérite	Oak Leaves	Image
Gerhard von Scharnhorst	Generalleutnant	Heer	9 February 1807	—
Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg	General der Infanterie	Heer	30 May 1915	—
Gotthard Sachsenberg	Oberleutnant zur See	Marine	5 August 1918	—	—
Sieghard von Saldern	Hauptmann	Heer	21 May 1918	—	—
Reinhold Saltzwedel	Oberleutnant	Marine	20 August 1917	—	—
Philipp Sander	Major	Heer	6 May 1918	—	—
Traugott von Sauberzweig	Generalmajor	Heer	6 September 1917	—	—
Ernst Schaumburg	Hauptmann	Heer	21 April 1918	—	—
Karl-Emil Schäfer	Leutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	26 April 1917	—
Reinhard Scheer	Admiral	Marine	5 June 1916	1 February 1918
Reinhard von Scheffer-Boyadel	General der Infanterie	Heer	2 December 1914	—	—
Felix Schelle	Major	Heer	30 June 1918	—	—
Dedo von Schenck	General der Infanterie	Heer	2 October 1916	—	—
Werner Schering	Major	Heer	3 September 1918	—	—
Heinrich Scheuch	General der Infanterie	Heer	8 April 1918	—	—
Peter Scheunemann	Oberstleutnant	Heer	1 April 1918	—	—
Ernst Adolph Alphons Freiherr von Schimmelmann	Major	Heer	16 July 1918	—	—
Max-Friedrich von Schlechtendal	Oberst	Heer	27 July 1917	—	—
Eduard Ritter von Schleich	Hauptmann	Luftstreitkräfte	4 December 1917	—	100px
Walter Freiherr von Schleinitz	Major	Heer	31 October 1917	—	—
Heinrich Schmedes	Oberstleutnant	Heer	5 October 1918	—	—
Eberhard Graf von Schmettow	Generalleutnant	Heer	11 December 1916	—	—
Egon Graf von Schmettow	Generalleutnant	Heer	4 November 1917	—	—
Hans Schmid	Oberstleutnant	Heer	27 July 1917	—	—
Konstantin Schmidt von Knobelsdorf	Generalleutnant	Heer	17 October 1915	—	100px
Ehrhard Schmidt	Vizeadmiral	Marine	31 October 1917	—	—
Johann Ritter von Schmidtler	Major	Heer	26 October 1918	—	—
Walther Schnieber	Leutnant	Heer	27 October 1917	—	—
Rudolf Schniewindt	Major	Heer	4 August 1918	—	—
Wilhelm Schniewindt	Major	Heer	21 May 1918	—	—
Emil von Schnizer	Major	Heer	27 August 1918	—	—
Roderich von Schoeler	Generalleutnant	Heer	30 June 1918	—	—
Albert Schoen	Major	Heer	25 October 1918	—	—
Ernst von Schönfeldt	Major	Heer	6 November 1918	—	—
Ferdinand Schörner	Generalfeldmarschall	Heer	5 December 1917	—
Friedrich von Scholtz	General der Artillerie	Heer	3 September 1915	—	—
Erich Scholtz	Hauptmann	Heer	23 December 1917	—	—
Wilhelm Paul Schreiber	Leutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	29 May 1918	—	—
Ludwig von Schröder	Admiral	Marine	20 October 1915	23 December 1917	100px
Richard von Schubert	General der Artillerie	Heer	28 August 1916	—	—
Georg von Schüssler	Generalleutnant	Heer	22 April 1918	—	—
Ernst Schütz	Oberstleutnant	Heer	20 May 1917	—	—
Friedrich Graf von der Schulenburg	Generalmajor	Heer	24 July 1917	23 March 1918	—
Karl Graf von der Schulenburg-Wolfsburg	Oberst	Heer	8 October 1917	—	—
Walter Schultz	Major	Heer	4 October 1918	—	—
Otto Schultze	Generaladmiral	Marine	18 March 1918	—	—
Adolf Schwab	Oberstleutnant	Heer	6 November 1918	—	—
Detlof Graf von Schwerin	Oberst	Heer	12 June 1918	—	—
Oskar Schwerk	Oberstleutnant	Heer	21 September 1916	—	—
Walther Schwieger	Kapitänleutnant	Marine	30 July 1917	—	100px
Hans von Seeckt	Generaloberst	Heer	14 May 1915	—	—
Just Friedrich von Seelhorst	Major	Heer	26 November 1917	—	—
Hans Sehmsdorff	Major	Heer	17 October 1918	—	—
Karl Seidel	Hauptmann	Heer	9 October 1918	—	—
Reinhard Seiler	Hauptmann	Heer	31 January 1918	—	—
Fritz von Selle	Oberst	Heer	6 January 1918	—
Georg Sick	Oberstleutnant	Heer	20 May 1917	—	—
Ludwig Sieger	Generalleutnant	Heer	27 April 1918	—	—
Gustav Siess	Korvettenkapitän	Marine	24 April 1918	—	—
Friedrich Bertram Sixt von Armin	General der Infanterie	Heer	10 August 1916	—	—
Franz Freiherr von Soden	General der Infanterie	Heer	27 July 1917	—	—
George Soldan	Hauptmann	Heer	22 April 1918	—	—
Hans Sottorf	Hauptmann	Heer	1 November 1918	—	—
Wilhelm Souchon	Admiral	Marine	29 October 1916	—	100px
Theodor Sproesser	Major	Heer	10 December 1917	—	—
Hermann von Staab	Generalleutnant	Heer	11 December 1916	—	—
Markus Stachow	Oberstleutnant	Heer	28 November 1917	—	—
Max Stapff	Major	Heer	23 December 1917	—	—
Hermann von Stein	General der Artillerie	Heer	1 September 1916	—	100px
Adolf Steinwachs	Major	Heer	2 May 1917	—	—
Albrecht Steppuhn	Major	Heer	17 June 1918	—	—
Otto von Steetten	Generalleutnant	Heer	22 September 1916	—	—
Wolfgang Steinbauer	Oberleutnant	Marine	3 March 1918	—	—
Otto Steinbrinck	Fregattenkapitän	Marine	29 March 1916	—	—
Kuno von Steuben	General der Infanterie	Heer	13 October 1915	—	—
Otto Stobbe	Major	Heer	6 November 1918	—	—
Julius von Stoeklern zu Grünholzek	Oberstleutnant	Heer	23 June 1918	—	—
Gustav Stoffleth	Hauptmann	Heer	22 January 1918	—	—
Paulus von Stolzmann	Generalmajor	Heer	7 July 1915	—	100px
Albrecht Graf von Stosch	Major	Heer	21 October 1918	—	—
Heinrich Strack	Hauptmann	Heer	30 October 1918	—	—
Hermann von Strantz	General	Heer	22 August 1915	—	100px
Peter Strasser	Fregattenkapitän	Marine	20 August 1917	—	100px
Edwin von Stülpnagel	General der Infanterie	Heer	4 August 1918	—	—
Karl von Stumpff	Generalleutnant	Heer	22 April 1918	—	—
Wolff von Stutterheim	Generalmajor	Heer	29 August 1918	—	—
Hans von Sydow	Oberstleutnant	Heer	6 January 1918	—	—

T

Name	Rank	Branch	Pour le Mérite	Oak Leaves	Image
Gerhard Tappen	Generalmajor	Heer	11 September 1915	27 January 1916	100px
Friedrich von Taysen	Oberst	Heer	6 January 1918	—	—
Theodor Teetzmann	Generalmajor	Heer	11 October 1917	—	—
Rudolf Teichmann	Hauptmann	Heer	18 May 1918	—	—
Otto Teschner	Oberstleutnant	Heer	22 January 1918	—	—
Wilhelm von Thadden	Oberstleutnant	Heer	8 October 1917	—	—
Albrecht von Thaer	Oberstleutnant	Heer	6 August 1917	—	—
Karl Thom	Leutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	1 November 1918	—	—
Heinrich Ludwig August von Thümen	Chef	Preußische Armee	15 June 1802	21 October 1813	—
Emil Thuy	Leutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	30 June 1918	—	—
Paul Tiede	Generalleutnant	Heer	17 April 1918	—	—
August von Tippelstirch	Hauptmann	Heer	15 October 1918	—	—
Alfred von Tirpitz	Großadmiral	Marine	10 August 1915	—
Georgi Todorov	General der Infanterie	Bulgarische Armee	14 October 1917	—	100px
Emil Trebing	Leutnant	Heer	14 April 1918	—	—
Horst Julius Freiherr Treusch von Buttlar-Brandenfels	Oberst	Luftstreitkräfte	9 April 1918	—
Walter Trenck	Hauptmann	Heer	15 July 1918	—	—
Hans von Troilo	Oberstleutnant	Heer	5 July 1918	—	—
Adolf von Trotha	Admiral	Marine	5 June 1916	—
Erich von Tschischwitz	Oberst	Heer	9 November 1917	—	—
Adolf Ritter von Tutschek	Hauptmann	Luftstreitkräfte	3 August 1917	—	100px
Ludwig Ritter von Tutschek	Generalmajor	Heer	8 December 1917	—	—

U

Name	Rank	Branch	Pour le Mérite	Oak Leaves	Image
Ernst von Uechtritz und Steinkirch	Gereralmajor	Army	21 October 1918	—	—
Ernst Udet	Leutnant	Air Force	9 April 1918	—
Umberto, Crown Prince of Italy	Generalmajor	Italian Army	29 May 1872	—
Ernst von Unger	Major	Army	20 September 1866	—	—
Walter von Unruh	Major	Army	21 April 1918	—	100px
Guido von Usedom	Kapitän zur See Vizeadmiral	Navy	5 April 1902	23 August 1915	100px

V

Name	Rank	Branch	Pour le Mérite	Oak Leaves	Image
Hans Peter van Vaernewyck	Major	Heer	18 September 1918	—	—
Max Valentiner	Kapitän zur See	Marine	26 December 1916	—	100px
Josef Veltjens	Oberst	Luftstreitkräfte	16 August 1918	—	100px
Detlew Vett	Generalleutnant	Heer	4 October 1918	—	—
Max Viebeg	Kapitänleutnant	Marine	30 January 1918	—	—
Alfred von Vollard-Bockelberg	Major	Heer	4 November 1917	—	—
Werner Voß	Leutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	8 April 1917	—
Hans von Voss	Major	Heer	23 December 1917	—	—

W

Name	Rank	Branch	Pour le Mérite	Oak Leaves	Image
Emil Waldorf	Generalleutnant	Heer	1 November 1918	—	—
Alfred Freiherr von Waldstätten	Generalmajor	Österreichische Armee	3 November 1917	—	—
Franz Walz	Generalleutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	9 August 1918	—	—
Curt Freiherr von Wängenheim	Oberst	Heer	3 September 1917	—	100px
Hans Walther	Kapitänleutnant	Marine	9 January 1917	—	—
Erwin Wassner	Kapitänleutnant	Marine	5 March 1918	—	—
Oskar Freiherr von Watter	Generalleutnant	Heer	23 December 1917	—
Theodor Freiherr von Watter	General der Infanterie	Heer	1 September 1916	—	—
Theordor von Weber	Oberstleutnant	Heer	8 October 1918	—	100px
Otto Weddigen	Kapitänleutnant	Marine	24 October 1914	—
Fritz Freiherr von Wedekind	Major	Heer	15 August 1918	—	—
Hasso von Wedel	Generalmajor	Heer	27 August 1917	—	—
Richard Wellmann	Generalleutnant	Heer	23 December 1917	—	—
Karl von Wenckstern	Hauptmann	Heer	27 August 1918	—	—
Ralph Wenniger	Kapitänleutnant	Marine	30 March 1918	—	—
Karl Ritter von Wenniger	Generalleutnant	Heer	1 May 1917	—	—
Hans von Werder	Oberst	Heer	3 May 1918	—	—
Wilhelm Werner	Kapitänleutnant	Marine	18 August 1918	—	—
Eduard von Westhoven	Major	Heer	1 April 1918	—	—
Georg Wetzell	Major	Heer	11 December 1916	—	—
Georg Wichura	General der Infanterie	Heer	26 April 1917	—	—
Hermann Wilck	Hauptmann	Heer	9 October 1918	—	—
Adolf Wild von Hohenborn	Generalleutnant	Heer	2 August 1915	—	—
Ludwig Wilhelm Freiherr von Willisen	Major	Heer	1 November 1917	—	—
Karl Willweber	Leutnant	Heer	3 September 1918	—	—
Arnold von Winckler	General der Infanterie	Heer	27 November 1915	—	100px
Rudolf Windisch	Leutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	6 June 1918	—	—
Kurt Wintgens	Leutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	1 July 1916	—	100px
Eduard Wittekind	Hauptmann	Heer	4 December 1917	—	—
Walther Dietrich von Witzleben	Generalmajor	Heer	23 June 1918	—	—
Kurt Wolff	Oberleutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	4 May 1917	—	100px
Horst von Wolff	Hauptmann	Heer	28 November 1917	—	—
Siegfried Woltersdorf	Major	Heer	29 October 1918	—	—
Remus von Woyrsch	Generalfeldmarschall	Heer	25 October 1914	—	100px
Ernst von Wrisberg	Generalmajor	Major	8 April 1918	—	—
Johann Jakob von Wunsch	Oberst	Heer	1757	—	—
Otto Wünsche	Kapitänleutnant	Marine	20 December 1917	—	—
Hermann Wülfing	Major	Heer	30 October 1918	—	—
Kurt Wüsthoff	Leutnant	Luftstreitkräfte	22 November 1917	—	—
Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg	Generalfeldmarschall	Heer	22 August 1915	—
Fritz Wulff	Major	Heer	8 October 1918	—	—
Gustav Adolf von Wulffen	Brigadeführer	Waffen-SS	April|1918	—	—

X, Y, Z

Name	Rank	Branch	Pour le Mérite	Oak Leaves	Image
Oskar Edler und Ritter von Xylander	General der Infanterie	Bavarian Army	20 August 1916	—	100px
Ernst Graf Yorck von Wartenburg	Major	Army	23 September 1918	—	100px
Ludwig Graf Yorck von Wartenburg	Generalleutnant	Army	27 May 1813	—
Alfred Ziethen	Generalmajor	Army	14 June 1915	—	—
Nikola Zhekov	Major General	Bulgarian Army	18 January 1916	—
Max Zunehmer	Oberstleutnant	Army	29 November 1917	—	—
Hans von Zwehl	General der Infanterie	Army	8 September 1914	17 October 1917	100px

References

• 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