Lieutenant General Hans Joachim Friedrich von Sydow (13 May 1762 in Zernikow /

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– 27 April 1823) was a Prussian officer who fought in the

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. He was honoured with a knighthood and the Blue Max (''

Pour le Mérite The ' (; , ) is an order of merit (german: Verdienstorden) established in 1740 by Frederick the Great, King Frederick II of Prussia. The was awarded as both a military and civil honour and ranked, along with the Order of the Black Eagle, the Or ...

''). He fought with distinction at Waterloo.Detlef Wenzlik: ''Waterloo III Der Feldzug von 1815 - Die Generäle.'' VRZ Verlag, Hamburg 2008, , S. 52–53.

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