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 MajorOberstleutnant Ferdinand Brisken (1876-1945) on 23.04.1918 as a HauptmannOberst Walter Caspari (1877-1962) on 21.04.1918 as a HauptmannOberstleutnant Erwin von Collani (1873-1922) on 07.05.1918 as a MajorOberst Walther von Delius (1875-1961) on 20.01.1918 as a MajorOberstleutnant Arnold von Detten (1873-1939) on 27.08.1918 as a MajorOberst Karl von Freyhold (1879-1939) on 14.06.1918 as a Hauptmann Major Karl Friederici (1876-1918) on 30.06.1918 as a MajorGeneralleutnant Otto Gabcke (1882-1942) on 01.09.1918 as a Hauptmann Oberstleutnant Erich Gaertner (1869?-?) on 08.11.1918 as a MajorOberstleutnant Wilhelm von Gazen (1875-1945) on 24.11.1917 as a HauptmannGeneralmajor Ullrich von Germar (1876-1948) on 22.04.1918 as a MajorHauptmann Daniel Gerth (1891-1934) on 11.10.1918 as an Oberleutnant Generalmajor Martin Goesch (1877-1945) on 21.04.1918 as a HauptmannOberst Wolff von Graeffendorff (1876-1945) on 24.11.1917 as a HauptmannOberstleutnant 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 OberleutnantHauptmann Konrad Kalau von Hofe (1880-1917) on 23.07.1916 as a HauptmannGeneralleutnant Heinrich Kirchheim (1882-1973) on 13.10.1918 as a HauptmannOberst Otto Koch (1875-1945) on 21.04.1918 as a MajorGeneralmajor Kurt Kuhme (1885-1944) on 30.08.1918 as a HauptmannGeneralleutnant Otto Lancelle (1885-1941) on 09.10.1918 as a HauptmannMajor Rudolf Lange (1874-1918) on 21.07.1918 as a MajorGeneral der Infanterie Rudolf Luters (1883-1945) on 30.09.1918 as a HauptmannGeneralmajor Max von Mertens (1877-1963) on 11.09.1918 as a HauptmannMajor Emil Berthold Meyer (1876-1963) on 08.11.1918 as a HauptmannOberst Rudolf Muller (1872-1956) on 15.08.1918 as a MajorGeneralleutnant Curt von Oesterreich (1880-1949) on 05.06.1918 as a HauptmannGeneral der Infanterie Hans Petri (1877-1945) on 28.10.1918 as a MajorGeneralleutnant Benno Pflugradt (1877-1940) on 03.11.1918 as a MajorMajor Otto Plath (1879-1968) on 27.08.1918 as a HauptmannOberst Karl von Plehwe (1877-1958) on 21.04.1918 as a HauptmannOberstleutnant Ludwig Freiherr von Preuschen von und zu Liebenstein (1875-1964) on 17.06.1918 as a HauptmannOberst Wilhelm Preusser (1881-1945) on 06.07.1918 as a HauptmannGeneralleutnant Johann von Ravenstein (1889-1962) on 23.06.1918 as an OberleutnantMajor Armin Reichenbach (1878-1926) on 21.04.1918 as a HauptmannGeneralleutnant Albert Freiherr von Rotberg (1874-1959) on 30.06.1918 as a MajorGeneralmajor Siegfried Runge (1884-1945) on 30.08.1918 as a HauptmannOberstleutnant Sieghard von Saldern (1881-1963) on 21.05.1918 as a HauptmannGeneralleutnant Ernst Schaumburg (1880-1947) on 21.04.1918 as a HauptmannGeneral der Infanterie Walter Freiherr von Schleinitz (1872-1950) on 31.10.1917 as a MajorMajor Ernst von Schonfeldt (1873-1937) on 06.11.1918 as a MajorHauptmann Erich Scholtz (1888-1918) on 23.12.1917 as a HauptmannOberstleutnant Karl Seidel (1877-1958) on 09.10.1918 as a HauptmannOberstleutnant Reinhard Seiler (1882-1963) on 31.01.1918 as a HauptmannOberstleutnant George Soldan (1878-1945) on 22.04.1918 as a HauptmannOberstleutnant Hans Sottorf (1888-1941) on 01.11.1918 as a HauptmannGeneralmajor Theodor Sproesser (1870-1933) on 10.12.1917 as a MajorGeneral der Infanterie Albrecht Steppuhn (1877-1955) on 17.06.1918 as a MajorOberstleutnant Gustav Stoffleth (1881-1954) on 22.01.1918 as a HauptmannGeneralleutnant Heinrich Strack (1887-1943) on 30.10.1918 as a HauptmannOberst Rudolf Teichmann (1885-1956) on 18.05.1918 as a HauptmannMajor August von Tippelskirch (1879-1945) on 15.10.1918 as a HauptmannHauptmann Walter Trenk (1877-1918) on 16.07.1918 as a HauptmannOberstleutnant Hans Peter von Vaernewyck (1874-1971) on 18.09.1918 as a HauptmannOberstleutnant Karl von Wenckstern (1878-1968) on 27.08.1918 as a HauptmannGeneralleutnant Hermann Wilck (1885-1967) on 09.10.1918 as a HauptmannMajor Eduard Wittekind (1876-1928) on 04.12.1917 as a HauptmannGeneralmajor Horst von Wolff (1886-1941) on 28.11.1917 as a HauptmannMajor Friedrich Wulff (1874-1934) on 08.10.1918 as a MajorGeneralmajor Gustav-Adolf von Wulffen (1878-1945) on 21.04.1918 as a HauptmannField Officers who won the Pour le Merite in World War I as Kompanie CommandersMajor 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 LeutnantLeutnant Hans Markmann (1897-1918) on 12.02.1918 as a LeutnantLeutnant Kurt Rackow (1893-1923) on 07.06.1916 as a LeutnantGeneralfeldmarschall 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 LeutnantLeutnant Walther Schnieber (1895-1918) on 22.10.1917 as a LeutnantGeneralfeldmarschall Ferdinand Schorner (1892-1973) on 05.12.1917 as a LeutnantOberstleutnant Emil Trebing (1888-1944) on 14.04.1918 as a LeutnantOberleutnant Karl Willweber (1894-1925) on 03.09.1918 as a LeutnantField Officers who won the Pour le Merite in World War I as Platoon CommandersOberst Otto von der Linde (1892-1984) on 18.09.1914 as a LeutnantField Officers who won the Pour le Merite in World War I with command lower than a PlatoonOberstleutnant 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 BataillonsadjutantGeneralmajor Wolff von Stutterheim (1893-1940) on 27.08.1918 as an Oberleutnant and Regimentsadjutant

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Winners of the Pour le Merite and the Prussian Military Merit Cross in GoldLeutnant 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 HohenzollernLeutnant Max Ritter von Muller (Luftstreitkrafte) Leutnant Karl Thom (Luftstreitkrafte) (MMCG)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Winners of the Prussian Military Merit Cross in Gold and the Members Cross of the Royal Order of the House of HohenzollernVzFw. Otto Lieschke, Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 20 VzFw. Ackermann, Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 66VzFw. 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 HohenzollernOffStv. 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. 81VzFw. Franz-Josef Ophaus, Schlasta 11 (Luftstreitkrafte) (MMCG)VzFw. Ackermann, Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 66 (MMCG)VzFw. Trger, Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 466VzFw. Fritz Beckhardt