List of Military Decorations - Germany (Empire)

Germany (Empire)

The list below covers the principal military decorations of the states of the German Empire (as well as several German states which had been annexed by Prussia before the empire was formed), along with those civil decorations routinely awarded to military personnel. See also main article at Orders, decorations, and medals of Imperial Germany.

• Kingdom of Prussia
  • Pour le Mérite (Orden "Pour le Mérite")
  • Order of the Black Eagle (Schwarzer-Adler-Orden)
  • Order of the Red Eagle (Roter-Adler-Orden)
  • Order of the Crown (Kronen-Orden)
  • Royal House Order of Hohenzollern (Königlicher Hausorden von Hohenzollern)
  • Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz)
  • Military Merit Cross (Militärverdienstkreuz)
  • Military Decoration 1st Class (Militär-Ehrenzeichen I. Klasse) and Military Decoration 2nd Class (Militär-Ehrenzeichen II. Klasse)
  • Warrior Merit Medal (Krieger-Verdienstmedaille)
  • Ölberg Cross (Ölberg-Kreuz)

• Kingdom of Bavaria
  • Military Order of Max Joseph (Militär-Max-Joseph-Orden)
  • Military Merit Order (Militär-Verdienstorden) and its associated Military Merit Cross (Militär-Verdienstkreuz)
  • Golden Military Merit Medal (Goldene Militär-Verdienst Medaille) and Silver Military Merit Medal (Silberne Militär-Verdienst Medaille)

• Kingdom of Hanover
  • Royal Guelphic Order
  • Order of Ernst August

• Kingdom of Saxony
  • Military Order of St. Henry
  • Merit Order (also called the Civil Merit Order)
  • Albert Order
  • Friedrich August Medal
  • War Merit Cross

• Kingdom of Württemberg
  • Order of the Württemberg Crown
  • Order of Military Merit
  • Order of Friedrich
  • Golden Military Merit Medal
  • Silver Military Merit Medal
  • Wilhelm Cross

• Grand Duchy of Baden
  • Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order and the Merit Medal of the Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order (Karl-Friedrich Military Merit Medal)
  • Order of the Zähringen Lion
  • Merit Medal on the ribbon of the Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order.
  • War Merit Cross

• Grand Duchy of Hesse
  • Ludewigsorden
  • Order of Philip the Magnanimous
  • General Honor Decoration for Bravery or for War Merit
  • Warrior Honor Decoration in Iron
  • Military Medical Cross, 1870/71 and 1914

• Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
  • Order of the Griffin
  • Military Merit Cross

• Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
  • Order of the Griffin
  • Cross for Distinction in War

• Duchy of Nassau
  • Merit Order of Adolph of Nassau

• Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
  • House and Merit Order of Peter Frederick Louis
  • Friedrich August Cross

• Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
  • House Order of Vigilance or the White Falcon
  • Wilhelm Ernst War Cross
  • General Honor Decoration with Swords Clasp

• Duchy of Anhalt
  • Order of Albert the Bear
  • Friedrich Cross

• Duchy of Brunswick
  • House Order of Henry the Lion
  • War Merit Cross

• Duchies of Saxe-Altenburg, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and Saxe-Meiningen
  • Ducal Saxe-Ernestine House Order
  • Duke Ernst Medal (Saxe-Altenburg)
  • Duke Carl Eduard Medal (Saxe-Coburg-Gotha)
  • Carl Eduard War Cross (Saxe-Coburg-Gotha)
  • Honor Cross for Merit in War and Honor Medal for Merit in War (Saxe-Meiningen)

• Principalities of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and Hohenzollern-Hechingen
  • Princely House Order of Hohenzollern

• Principality of Lippe-Detmold
  • House Order of the Honor Cross
  • War Honor Cross for Heroic Deeds
  • War Merit Cross

• Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe
  • House Order of the Honor Cross
  • Cross for Loyal Service

• Principalities of Reuss, Elder Line and Younger Line
  • Princely Reuss Honor Cross
  • War Merit Cross "1914"

• Principalities of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
  • Princely Schwarzburg Honor Cross
  • Silver Medal for Merit in War

• Principality of Waldeck
  • Merit Cross

• Free and Hanseatic Cities of Bremen, Hamburg and Lübeck
  • Hanseatic Cross