Manfred Rommel - Honours

Honours

Manfred Rommel has written about his many honours: "Die Zahl der Titel will nicht enden. Am Grabstein stehet: bitte wenden!" which translates as: "The number of honours seems to be endless. The inscription on my gravestone will read: Please turn over!"

  • Theodor-Heuss-Medaille (1978)
  • Orden des Großoffiziers im Orden von Oranien-Nassau (1982)
  • Ehrensenator der Fachhochschule für Technik Stuttgart (1982)
  • Honorary doctorate of the University of Missouri-St. Louis (1983)
  • General Lucius D. Clay-Medaille (1984)
  • President of the Freiherr-vom-Stein-Gesellschaft (1984–1990)
  • Chevalier of the Legion of Honour of the French Republic (1985)
  • Guardian of Jerusalem (1987)
  • Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1990)
  • Honorary doctorate of the University of Maryland (1992)
  • Honorary citizen of Stuttgart (1996)
  • Großes Verdienstkreuz mit Stern und Schulterband des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (1996)
  • Honorary doctorate of the University of Wales (1996)
  • Dolf Sternberger-Preis (1998)
  • Honorary citizen of the University of Stuttgart (2005)
  • Verdienstmedaille des Landes Baden-Württemberg
  • Heinz Herbert Karry-Preis
  • Honorary citizen of Cairo

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