Konrad Adenauer - Honours

Honours

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  • Order of the Red Eagle, 4th class (Prussia, 1918)
  • Grand Decoration of Honour of the Order for Services to the Republic of Austria (first Austrian republic, 1927)
  • Knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (1951)
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1953)
  • Order of the Southern Cross (Brazil, July 1953)
  • Order of the Sun (Peru), 1953.
  • Grand Cross, Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (January 1954)
  • Charlemagne Prize (Aachen, May 1954) - as a "powerful promoter of a united Europe"
  • Order of the Condor of the Andes (Bolivia, 1955)
  • Order of the Golden Spur (Papal Order of Chivalry, December 1955)
  • Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (UK), 1956.
  • Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold with Sash for Services to the Republic of Austria (1956)
  • Bavarian Order of Merit (May 1958)
  • Honorary knight in the Teutonic Order (1958)
  • Order of the Netherlands Lion (1960)
  • Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur (France, 1962)
  • Order of the Rising Sun, Grand Cordon (Japan, 1960) - "because of its long-standing commitment to an understanding of the Japanese-German friendship, and for the peace and prosperity in the world"
  • Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, Grand Cordon (Japan, 1963)
  • Supreme Order of Christ (September 1963)
  • Grand Cross of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre (1964)
  • Order of Isabella the Catholic, Grand Cross (Spain), 1967.
  • Order of the Liberator General San Martin (Argentina)

Time magazine named Adenauer as Man of the Year in 1953.

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