Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order
Military order of merit
Award
Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order Militär Karl-Friedrich-Verdienstorden | |
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Awarded for | Outstanding military merit |
Presented by | the Grand Duchy of Baden |
Status | No longer awarded |
Established | 5 October 1805 |
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Precedence | |
Next (lower) | Order of Berthold the First |
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The Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order (German: Militär Karl-Friedrich-Verdienstorden) was a military order of merit of the Grand Duchy of Baden. Established 5 October 1805 by Charles Frederick, Elector and later Grand Duke of Baden, the order recognized outstanding military merit amongst military officers. In 1807, medals associated with the order were added as the highest awards for bravery for non-commissioned and enlisted soldiers.[1]
Classes
- Grand Crosses
- Commanders
- Knights
Recipients
Grand Crosses
- Albert of Saxony
- Prince Charles of Prussia
- Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden
- Frederick III, German Emperor
- Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828–1885)
- François Joseph Lefebvre
- Louis II, Grand Duke of Baden
- Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia
- Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
- Nicholas I of Russia
- Albrecht von Roon
- Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria
- August von Werder
- Wilhelm II, German Emperor
- Prince William of Baden
- William I, German Emperor
- Prince William of Baden (1829–1897)
- William, Prince of Hohenzollern
- Ferdinand von Wrangel
- Friedrich Graf von Wrangel
Commanders
- Prince Albert of Prussia (1837–1906)
- Gustav Friedrich von Beyer
- Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal
- Adolf von Glümer
- Karl von der Gröben
- Friedrich Karl von Tettenborn
- Heinrich Wilhelm von Hinckeldey
Knights
Unclassified
References
- ^ "BADEN. Military Karl-Friedrich Order of Merit, Silver Medal, 8th version, reduction (Militär Karl-Friedrich-Verdienstorden, Silberne Medaille, 8. Modell, Reduktion), 1915-1918". Medal-medaille.com. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
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