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Pour le Mérite

The Pour le Mérite (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}German: [puːɐ̯ lə meˈʁiːt]; French: [puʁ lə me.ʁit], lit. 'For Merit'), also informally known as the Blue Max (German: Blauer Max) after…

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Eligibility
Military personnel (1740–1918)
Established
between 7 and 15 June 1740 · 1810 (pure military class)
Final award
22 September 1918
First award
16 June 1740
Next (lower)
House Order of Hohenzollern
Presented by
King of Prussia (1740–1918)

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Pour le Mérite

Nodes274
Edges273
Triples230
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007299
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Pour le Mérite

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related to Bibliography · 45
Pour le Mérite → Archived, Berlin, Biblio, Christian, Classified, Der Preußische Ordens-Herold, Die Ritter, Ehrenzeichen, Ernst Siegfried Mittler, February, Fuhrmann, German, Gustaf, Hildebrand, Hoeftmann, Horst, ISBN, Karl Friedrich, Knights, Lehmann
related to Similar orders in other countries · 41
Pour le Mérite → Anhalt's Order, Art, Arts, Austria, Austrian, Austrian Decoration, Austro-Hungarian Decoration, Bavaria's Maximilian Order, Besides Prussia, Commonwealth, Companions, Duchy, France, German, German Empire, Gloria Artis Medal, Honour, In Poland, Kingdom, Kunst
related to Notable recipients of the civil class · 33
Pour le Mérite → Alexander, Among, August Wilhelm Schlegel, Camille Saint-Saëns, Carl Friedrich Gauss, Charles Darwin, Chateaubriand, Felix Mendelssohn, Ferdinand, Foreign, Franz Liszt, François-René, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, Giuseppe Verdi, Herkomer, Hubert, Humboldt, Jakob Grimm, Johannes Brahms, John Singer Sargent
related to Military class · 23
Pour le Mérite → For Merit, France, Francesco Algarotti, Frederick's, French, Germans, In January, It, Johanniter Order, King Frederick II, King Frederick William III, Maltese Cross, Mérite, Napoleonic Wars, Only, Pierre Louis Maupertuis, Pour, Prussia, Prussian, The
related to Civil class · 22
Pour le Mérite → Academy, Alexander, Arts, Chancellor, However, Humboldt, In, In November, King Frederick William IV, Kingdom, Künste, Merit, Mérite, Orden Pour, Order, Order Pour, Pour, Prussia, Sciences, The
related to External links · 17
Pour le Mérite → Aktuell, Arts, August, Der Bundespräsident, German, Grand Cross Star, Großkreuz, Mitteilungen, Mérite, Orden, Orden Pour, ORDEN POUR LE MÉRITE, Order Pour, Pour, Retrieved, Sciences, Stern
related to World War I prominence · 16
Pour le Mérite → Aces Max Immelmann, Although, German Army Air Service, Germany's, However, In, It, January, Luftstreitkräfte, Manfred, Mérite, Oswald Boelcke, Richthofen, The, The Pour, World War
related to Further reading · 9
Pour le Mérite → Abendessen, December, Der Bundespräsident, German, June, Mitglieder, Ordens Pour, Rede, Retrieved
related to Recipients of both classes · 8
Pour le Mérite → Bismarck, Elder, Helmuth, Kuhl, Moltke, Mérite, Only, Pour
see also · 3
Pour le Mérite → Mérite, Pour, The Blue Max

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german pour le mérite von awarded war ace general order oak leaves world class victories prussian military civil award recipients

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Pour le MériteEligibilityMilitary personnel (1740–1918)1.00infobox
Pour le MériteEstablishedbetween 7 and 15 June 17401.00infobox
Pour le MériteEstablished1810 (pure military class)1.00infobox
Pour le MériteFinal award22 September 19181.00infobox
Pour le MériteFirst award16 June 17401.00infobox
Pour le MériteNext (lower)House Order of Hohenzollern1.00infobox
Pour le MéritePresented byKing of Prussia (1740–1918)1.00infobox
Pour le MériteStatusExtinct1.00infobox
Pour le MériteTotal5415[page needed]1.00infobox
Pour le MériteTypeNeck decoration1.00infobox
Pour le Méritefounded in17400.95text
Pour le Méritefounded byKing Frederick II of Prussia0.90text
Pour le Mériteis aorder into which a person is admitted0.90text

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