Ster en grootkruis van de Militaire Karl-Friedrichs- Verdienstorde van Baden

The Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order (german: Militär Karl-Friedrich-Verdienstorden) was a military order of merit of the

Grand Duchy of Baden The Grand Duchy of Baden (german: Großherzogtum Baden) was a state in the southwest German Empire on the east bank of the Rhine. It existed between 1806 and 1918. It came into existence in the 12th century as the Margraviate of Baden and subs ...

. Established 5 October 1805 by Charles Frederick,

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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.

Classes

* Grand Crosses * Commanders * Knights

Recipients

Grand Crosses

Albert of Saxony en, Frederick Augustus Albert Anthony Ferdinand Joseph Charles Maria Baptist Nepomuk William Xavier George Fidelis , image = Albert of Saxony by Nicola Perscheid c1900.jpg , image_size = , caption = Photograph by Nicola Persch ...

* Prince Charles of Prussia * Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin * Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden *

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* Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828–1885) * François Joseph Lefebvre *

Louis II, Grand Duke of Baden Louis II (german: Ludwig II.; 15 August 1824 – 22 January 1858) was Grand Duke of Baden from 24 April 1852 to his death in 1858. He was the son of Leopold I, Grand Duke of Baden, and Princess Sophie of Sweden. Louis succeeded his father as Gr ...

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* 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 *

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* William, Prince of Hohenzollern * Ferdinand von Wrangel * Friedrich Graf von Wrangel

Commanders

Prince Albert of Prussia (1837–1906) Prince Albert of Prussia (german: Friedrich Wilhelm Nikolaus Albrecht; 8 May 1837 – 13 September 1906) was a Prussian general field marshal, ''Herrenmeister'' (Grand Master) of the Order of Saint John from 1883 until his death, and regent of the ...

Gustav Friedrich von Beyer Gustav Friedrich Beyer (von Beyer since 1859; born 26 February 1812 in Berlin; died 7 December 1889 in Leipzig) was a Prussian general and war minister of the Grand Duchy of Baden. Biography Beyer was the son of a Prussian government official ( ...

Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal Karl Konstantin Albrecht Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal (30 July 1810 – 21 December 1900) was an officer of the Prussian Army and field marshal of the Imperial German Army, chiefly remembered for his decisive intervention at the Battle of Königg ...

Adolf von Glümer Heinrich Karl Ludwig Adolf von Glümer was a Prussian general who served in the Austro-Prussian War, Austro-Prussian and Franco-Prussian War, Franco-Prussian wars. Biography Family He was the son of the Prussian captain a. D. Christian Ludwig vo ...

Karl von der Gröben Karl Graf von der Gröben (17 September 1788 – 13 July 1876) was a Prussian general. Biography Von der Gröben was born in Schrengen, East Prussia (today Linkowo, Poland) and joined the Prussian Army in 1806. He served under Anton Wilhel ...

Friedrich Karl von Tettenborn Friedrich Karl Freiherr von Tettenborn (19 February 1778, in County of Sponheim – 9 December 1845, in Vienna) was a famous cavalry commander in the Austrian and Russian armies during the Napoleonic Wars. Life Tettenborn first studied at the Wa ...

Knights

* Gustav von Alvensleben * Georg von Bismarck *

Karl-Heinrich Brenner __NOTOC__ Karl Jakob Heinrich Brenner - also Karl-Heinrich Brenner - (1 May 1895 – 14 February 1954) was a decorated German general of the Waffen-SS who held the rank of SS-Gruppenführer and Generalleutnant of Polizei during the Nazi era. He ...

Nikolaus zu Dohna-Schlodien Nikolaus Burggraf und Graf zu Dohna-Schlodien (5 April 1879 – 21 August 1956) was a German naval officer and author. Biography Nikolaus zu Dohna-Schlodien was born in Mallmitz (today Małomice, Poland) to Alfred zu Dohna-Schlodien (1849–1 ...

Albert Dossenbach ''Leutnant'' Albert Dossenbach (5 June 1891 – 3 July 1917) was a World War I flying ace credited with 15 aerial victories.The Aerodrome website's page on Dossenbach http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/dossenbach.php Retrieved 15 January 2010 ...

* Hermann Frommherz * Hermann Göring * Wilhelm von Hahnke * Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg * Bruno Loerzer *

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* Alfred von Waldersee

Unclassified

Hermann Habich ''Leutnant'' Hermann Habich (1895–?) was one of the original pilots in the Imperial German Air Service, having earned his brevet two months before World War I began. He is noted for having killed French aviation pioneer Roland Garros. Habi ...

* Emil Meinecke *

Karl Ritscherle Major Karl Waldemar Ritscherle (1 May 1898 – 24 August 1940) was a World War I flying ace credited with eight aerial victories. He served again in the World War II Luftwaffe, and was killed in action when his Heinkel He 111 was shot down and fel ...

References

{{Orders of Imperial Germany Awards established in 1805