Military Merit Cross

Military Merit Cross is the name for a military decoration in various states, including:

  • Military Merit Cross (Austria–Hungary) (Militärverdienstkreuz) (in three classes)
  • Military Merit Cross (Czechoslovakia)
  • Military Merit Cross (Peru) (in five classes)
  • German States:
    • Military Merit Cross (Prussia) (Militär-Verdienstkreuz), also called the Golden Military Merit Cross (Goldenes Militär-Verdienstkreuz) to distinguish it from the Military Decoration 1st Class, an identical cross but in silver.
    • Military Merit Cross (Bavaria) (Militär-Verdienstkreuz) (in three classes)
    • Military Merit Cross (Mecklenburg-Schwerin) (Militärverdienstkreuz) (in two classes)
    • Military Merit Cross (Hesse), 1870–71 (Militär-Verdienst-Kreuz 1870/71)
    • Military Merit Cross (Waldeck) (Militär-Verdienstkreuz)

Famous quotes containing the words military, merit and/or cross:

    ““My ancestors were all famous for military genius.”
    My Lady smiled graciously. “It often runs in families,” she remarked: “just as a love for pastry does.””
    —Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)

    “Fame is an accident; merit a thing absolute.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)

    “All pathways by His feet are worn,
    His strong heart stirs the ever-beating sea;
    His crown of thorns is twined with every thorn;
    His cross is every tree.”
    —Joseph Mary Plunkett (1887–1916)