Notable Recipients
- Alexander von Falkenhausen - German officer in World War I. In World War II, commanding general of the military government of occupied Belgium; arrested by the Nazis for his connections with the July 20 Plot. Knight 1st Class with Swords and Laurel Wreath.
- Friedrich Ritter von Haack - Bavarian staff officer and later General der Infanterie, who also received the highest military orders of Prussia and Bavaria, the Pour le Mérite and the Military Order of Max Joseph. Knight 1st Class with Swords.
- Paul von Hindenburg - World War I-era German field marshal and later president of Germany. Grand Cross with Golden Crown, Swords and Laurel Wreath.
- Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck - German general and commander of the German East Africa campaign in World War I. Grand Commander with Swords and Laurel Wreath.
- Erich Ludendorff - German general in World War I. Grand Cross with Swords and Laurel Wreath.
- Helmuth von Moltke the Elder - Chief of the Prussian, and then German, General Staff (1857–1888). Grand Cross with Crown and Swords.
- Reinhard Scheer - German admiral and commander of the German High Seas Fleet at the Battle of Jutland. Grand Cross with Swords.
- Alfred von Tirpitz - German grand admiral and namesake of the World War II German battleship Tirpitz. Grand Cross.
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