The Pour le Merite, the Prussian Military Merit Cross in Gold, and the Members Cross of the Royal

Order of the House of Hohenzollern

Field Officers who won the Pour le Merite in World War I as Battalion Commanders
Oberst Achim von Arnim (1881-1940) on 17.04.1918 as a Hauptmann Oberstleutnant Viktor Bangert (1882-1962) on 24.11.1917 as a Hauptmann Hauptmann Stanislaus Behrendt (1886-1918) on 04.10.1918 as a Hauptmann Generalmajor Waldemar Berka (1880-1965) on 23.06.1918 as a Hauptmann Hauptmann Felix von Bernuth (1889-1932) on 09.10.1918 as a Hauptmann General der Infanterie Kuno-Hans von Both (1884-1955) on 10.04.1918 as a Hauptmann Oberstleutnant Curt von Brandenstein (1879-1964) on 26.09.1918 as a Hauptmann Generalleutnant Cordt Freiherr von Brandis (1874-1945) on 21.04.1918 as a Major Oberstleutnant Ferdinand Brisken (1876-1945) on 23.04.1918 as a Hauptmann Oberst Walter Caspari (1877-1962) on 21.04.1918 as a Hauptmann Oberstleutnant Erwin von Collani (1873-1922) on 07.05.1918 as a Major Oberst Walther von Delius (1875-1961) on 20.01.1918 as a Major Oberstleutnant Arnold von Detten (1873-1939) on 27.08.1918 as a Major Oberst Karl von Freyhold (1879-1939) on 14.06.1918 as a Hauptmann Major Karl Friederici (1876-1918) on 30.06.1918 as a Major Generalleutnant Otto Gabcke (1882-1942) on 01.09.1918 as a Hauptmann Oberstleutnant Erich Gaertner (1869?-?) on 08.11.1918 as a Major Oberstleutnant Wilhelm von Gazen (1875-1945) on 24.11.1917 as a Hauptmann

Generalmajor Ullrich von Germar (1876-1948) on 22.04.1918 as a Major Hauptmann Daniel Gerth (1891-1934) on 11.10.1918 as an Oberleutnant Generalmajor Martin Goesch (1877-1945) on 21.04.1918 as a Hauptmann Oberst Wolff von Graeffendorff (1876-1945) on 24.11.1917 as a Hauptmann Oberstleutnant Wilhelm Edler von Graeve (1879-1957) on 08.11.1918 as a Hauptmann Generalleutnant Theodor Groppe (1882-1973) on 06.11.1918 as a Hauptmann General der Infanterie Siegfried Haenicke (1878-1946) on 14.06.1918 as a Hauptmann Generalleutnant Karl Hansen (1876-1965) on 08.11.1918 as a Hauptmann (Battalion and temporary Regimental commander) Major Edgar Josenhanss (1894-1948) on 28.10.1918 as an Oberleutnant Hauptmann Konrad Kalau von Hofe (1880-1917) on 23.07.1916 as a Hauptmann Generalleutnant Heinrich Kirchheim (1882-1973) on 13.10.1918 as a Hauptmann Oberst Otto Koch (1875-1945) on 21.04.1918 as a Major Generalmajor Kurt Kuhme (1885-1944) on 30.08.1918 as a Hauptmann Generalleutnant Otto Lancelle (1885-1941) on 09.10.1918 as a Hauptmann Major Rudolf Lange (1874-1918) on 21.07.1918 as a Major General der Infanterie Rudolf Luters (1883-1945) on 30.09.1918 as a Hauptmann Generalmajor Max von Mertens (1877-1963) on 11.09.1918 as a Hauptmann Major Emil Berthold Meyer (1876-1963) on 08.11.1918 as a Hauptmann Oberst Rudolf Muller (1872-1956) on 15.08.1918 as a Major Generalleutnant Curt von Oesterreich (1880-1949) on 05.06.1918 as a Hauptmann General der Infanterie Hans Petri (1877-1945) on 28.10.1918 as a Major Generalleutnant Benno Pflugradt (1877-1940) on 03.11.1918 as a Major Major Otto Plath (1879-1968) on 27.08.1918 as a Hauptmann

Oberst Karl von Plehwe (1877-1958) on 21.04.1918 as a Hauptmann Oberstleutnant Ludwig Freiherr von Preuschen von und zu Liebenstein (1875-1964) on 17.06.1918 as a Hauptmann Oberst Wilhelm Preusser (1881-1945) on 06.07.1918 as a Hauptmann Generalleutnant Johann von Ravenstein (1889-1962) on 23.06.1918 as an Oberleutnant Major Armin Reichenbach (1878-1926) on 21.04.1918 as a Hauptmann Generalleutnant Albert Freiherr von Rotberg (1874-1959) on 30.06.1918 as a Major Generalmajor Siegfried Runge (1884-1945) on 30.08.1918 as a Hauptmann Oberstleutnant Sieghard von Saldern (1881-1963) on 21.05.1918 as a Hauptmann Generalleutnant Ernst Schaumburg (1880-1947) on 21.04.1918 as a Hauptmann General der Infanterie Walter Freiherr von Schleinitz (1872-1950) on 31.10.1917 as a Major Major Ernst von Schonfeldt (1873-1937) on 06.11.1918 as a Major Hauptmann Erich Scholtz (1888-1918) on 23.12.1917 as a Hauptmann Oberstleutnant Karl Seidel (1877-1958) on 09.10.1918 as a Hauptmann Oberstleutnant Reinhard Seiler (1882-1963) on 31.01.1918 as a Hauptmann Oberstleutnant George Soldan (1878-1945) on 22.04.1918 as a Hauptmann Oberstleutnant Hans Sottorf (1888-1941) on 01.11.1918 as a Hauptmann Generalmajor Theodor Sproesser (1870-1933) on 10.12.1917 as a Major General der Infanterie Albrecht Steppuhn (1877-1955) on 17.06.1918 as a Major Oberstleutnant Gustav Stoffleth (1881-1954) on 22.01.1918 as a Hauptmann Generalleutnant Heinrich Strack (1887-1943) on 30.10.1918 as a Hauptmann Oberst Rudolf Teichmann (1885-1956) on 18.05.1918 as a Hauptmann Major August von Tippelskirch (1879-1945) on 15.10.1918 as a Hauptmann Hauptmann Walter Trenk (1877-1918) on 16.07.1918 as a Hauptmann

Oberstleutnant Hans Peter von Vaernewyck (1874-1971) on 18.09.1918 as a Hauptmann Oberstleutnant Karl von Wenckstern (1878-1968) on 27.08.1918 as a Hauptmann Generalleutnant Hermann Wilck (1885-1967) on 09.10.1918 as a Hauptmann Major Eduard Wittekind (1876-1928) on 04.12.1917 as a Hauptmann Generalmajor Horst von Wolff (1886-1941) on 28.11.1917 as a Hauptmann Major Friedrich Wulff (1874-1934) on 08.10.1918 as a Major Generalmajor Gustav-Adolf von Wulffen (1878-1945) on 21.04.1918 as a Hauptmann

Field Officers who won the Pour le Merite in World War I as Kompanie Commanders
Major Cordt von Brandis (1888-1972) on 14.03.1916 as an Oberleutnant Oberstleutnant Heinrich Brinkord (1882-1965) on 21.10.1918 as an Oberleutnant Generalfeldmarschall Ernst Busch (1885-1945) on 04.10.1918 as a Hauptmann Generalmajor Friedrich-Wilhelm Dernen (1884-1967) on 29.08.1918 as a Leutnant Generalmajor Hans-Joachim Haupt (1876-1942) on 16.03.1916 as a Hauptmann Hauptmann Robert Hieronymus (1884-1955) on 23.06.1918 as a Leutnant, (Batterie Commander) Hauptmann Ernst Junger (1895-1998) on 18.09.1918 as a Leutnant Leutnant Hans Markmann (1897-1918) on 12.02.1918 as a Leutnant Leutnant Kurt Rackow (1893-1923) on 07.06.1916 as a Leutnant Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel (1891-1944) on 10.12.1917 as an Oberleutnant, (Kompanie commander, and commander of Detachment Rommel) Generalmajor Karl Rothenburg (1894-1941) on 30.06.1918 as a Leutnant Leutnant Walther Schnieber (1895-1918) on 22.10.1917 as a Leutnant Generalfeldmarschall Ferdinand Schorner (1892-1973) on 05.12.1917 as a Leutnant Oberstleutnant Emil Trebing (1888-1944) on 14.04.1918 as a Leutnant

Oberleutnant Karl Willweber (1894-1925) on 03.09.1918 as a Leutnant

Field Officers who won the Pour le Merite in World War I as Platoon Commanders
Oberst Otto von der Linde (1892-1984) on 18.09.1914 as a Leutnant

Field Officers who won the Pour le Merite in World War I with command lower than a Platoon
Oberstleutnant Peter Rieper (1887-1942) on 07.07.1918 as a Leutnant and Field Artillery Balloon Observer Leutnant Fritz Rummelein (1895-1918) on 28.10.1918 as a Leutnant and Bataillonsadjutant Generalmajor Wolff von Stutterheim (1893-1940) on 27.08.1918 as an Oberleutnant and Regimentsadjutant

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Winners of the Pour le Merite and the Prussian Military Merit Cross in Gold
Leutnant Paul Baumer (Luftstreitkrafte) Leutnant Julius Buckler (Luftstreitkrafte) Leutnant Otto Konnecke (Luftstreitkrafte) Leutnant Fritz Rumey (Luftstreitkrafte) Leutnant Karl Thom (Luftstreitkrafte) (MCROHH) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Winners of the Pour le Merite and the Members Cross of the Royal Order of the House of Hohenzollern
Leutnant Max Ritter von Muller (Luftstreitkrafte) Leutnant Karl Thom (Luftstreitkrafte) (MMCG)

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Winners of the Prussian Military Merit Cross in Gold and the Members Cross of the Royal Order of the House of Hohenzollern
VzFw. Otto Lieschke, Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 20 VzFw. Ackermann, Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 66 VzFw. Franz-Josef Ophaus, Schlasta 11 (Luftstreitkrafte) OffStv. Karl Thom, Jasta 21s (Luftstreitkrafte) (PLM) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Winners of the Members Cross of the Royal Order of the House of Hohenzollern
OffStv. Fritz Kosmahl, Jasta 26 (Luftstreitkrafte) VzFw. Sebastian Festner, Jasta 11 (Luftstreitkrafte) VzFw. Lindner, Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 51 Uffz. Farys, Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 10 VzFw. Edmund Nathanael, Jasta 5 (Luftstreitkrafte) VzFw. Josef Schleiffer, Schusta 7 (Luftstreitkrafte) OffStv. Max Ritter von Mller, Jasta 28w (Luftstreitkrafte) (PLM) OffStv. Hans Basch, Kagohl 3 (Luftstreitkrafte) VzFw. Julius Tillmanns Kasta 2/Kagohl (Luftstreitkrafte) OffStv. Walter Krause, Kasta 2/Kagohl 1 (Luftstreitkrafte) OffStv. Albert Jnger, FA 300 (Luftstreitkrafte) VzFw. Otto Lieschke, Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 20 (MMCG) OffStv. Karl Thom, Jasta 21s (Luftstreitkrafte) (PLM) (MMCG) VzFw. Frmmel, Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 81 VzFw. Franz-Josef Ophaus, Schlasta 11 (Luftstreitkrafte) (MMCG)

VzFw. Ackermann, Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 66 (MMCG) VzFw. Trger, Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 466 VzFw. Fritz Beckhardt