Orders, decorations, and medals of Germany include:

History

Orders, decorations, and medals of the German Empire Orders, decorations, and medals of the German Empire covers those decorations awarded by the states which came together under Prussian leadership to form the German Empire in 1871. For convenience's sake, this category also covers the decorations o ...

Orders, decorations, and medals of East Germany Following the 1949 establishment of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) the new state prohibited the wearing of all pre-1945 German decorations and created a new system of awards inspired in part by those of the USSR. After German reunification ...

Orders, decorations, and medals of Nazi Germany Awards and decorations of Nazi Germany were military, political and civilian decorations that were bestowed between 1923 and 1945, first by the Nazi Party and later the state of Nazi Germany. The first awards began in the 1920s, before the Nazis h ...

Orders, decorations, and medals of the Federal Republic of Germany After World War II, Germany was split into several different occupation zones. But later the different occupation zones were merged into East and West Germany. West Germany is where the modern German state gets its current traditions of medals and ...

Present day

Orders, decorations, and medals of the German states The orders, decorations, and medals of the German states, in which each German states, states of Germany has devised a system of Order (decoration), orders and awards to honour residents for actions or deeds that benefit their local community or sta ...

Awards and decorations of the German Armed Forces The Awards and decorations of the German Armed Forces are decorations awarded by the German Bundeswehr, the German government, and other organizations to the German military and allied forces. Modern era German military awards have been presented s ...

List of honours of Germany awarded to heads of state and royalty This article serves as an index – as complete as possible – of all the honorific orders or similar decorations awarded by Germany, classified by Monarchies chapter and Republics chapter, and, under each chapter, recipients' countries and the d ...

Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (german: Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, or , BVO) is the only federal decoration of Germany. It is awarded for special achievements in political, economic, cultural, intellect ...

List of recipients of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany This is a list of notable recipients of the top two classes of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. Grand Crosses Special Class Presidents of the Federal Republic of Germany The President of the Federal Republic of Germany is ...

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