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Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Dedication
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PREFACE
CHAPTER 1 - A Short History of the Medal
CHAPTER 2 - Roll of Honour: a chronological list of Pour le Mérite holders, 1740–1812
CHAPTER 3 - Roll of Honour: a complete chronological list of all Pour le Mérite holders, 1813–1913
CHAPTER 4 - Roll of Honour: a complete chronological list of all Pour le Mérite holders, 1914–1918
CHAPTER 5 - Campaigns of the Pour le Mérite
Leutnant Karl ALLMENRÖDER ‘Karlcken’ (30 victories)
Oberleutnant Ernst Freiherr von ALTHAUS ‘Hussar Althaus’ (9 victories)
Leutnant Paul BAÜMER ‘The Iron Eagle’ (43 victories)
Leutnant Oliver Freiherr von BEAULIEU-MARCONNAY ‘Bauli’ (25 victories)
Oberleutnant Fritz BERNERT ‘Otto’ (27 victories)
Oberleutnant Hans BERR (10 victories)
Oberleutnant Rudolf BERTHOLD ‘The Iron Knight’ (44 victories)
Leutnant der Reserve Walter BLUME (28 victories)
Hauptmann Oswald BOELCKE (40 victories)
Oberleutnant Oskar Freiherr von BOENIGK (26 victories)
Leutnant der Reserve Erwin BÖHME (24 victories)
Rittmeister Karl BOLLE (36 victories)
Leutnant der Reserve Heinrich BONGARTZ (33 victories)
Hauptmann Ernst von BRANDENBURG
Leutnant Franz BÜCHNER (40 victories)
Leutnant der Reserve Julius BUCKLER (36 victories)
Hauptmann Hans-Joachim BUDDECKE ‘The Hunting Falcon’ (13 victories)
Leutnant Walter von BÜLOW-BOTHKAMP ‘Jonny Bülow’ (28 victories)
Kapitänleutnant Horst Freiherr Treusch von BUTTLAR-BRANDENFELS
Kapitänleutnant zur See Friedrich CHRISTIANSEN (13 victories)
Leutnant Carl DEGELOW ‘Charly’ (30 victories)
Leutnant der Reserve Albert DOSSENBACH (15 victories)
Oberleutnant Eduard Ritter von DOSTLER (26 victories)
Leutnant der Reserve Wilhelm FRANKL (20 victories)
Oberleutnant Hermann FRICKE
Leutnant der Reserve Heinrich GONTERMANN (39 victories)
Oberleutnant Hermann GÖRING ‘The Iron Man’ (22 victories)
Oberleutnant Robert Ritter von GREIM (28 victories)
Leutnant der Reserve Wilhelm GRIEBSCH
Hauptmann Jürgen von GRONE
Leutnant Walter HÖHNDORF (12 victories)
General der Kavallerie Ernst von HOEPPNER
Oberleutnant Erich HOMBURG
Leutnant Hans-Georg HORN
Oberleutnant Max IMMELMANN ‘The Eagle of Lille’ (17 victories)
Leutnant Josef JACOBS (48 victories)
Hauptmann Alfred KELLER
Leutnant Hans KIRSCHSTEIN (27 victories)
Oberleutnant Otto KISSENBERTH (20 victories)
Leutnant Hans KLEIN (22 victories)
Kapitänleutnant Rudolf KLEINE
Hauptmann Hermann KÖHL
Leutnant Otto KÖNNECKE (35 victories)
Oberleutnant Heinrich KROLL (33 victories)
Leutnant der Reserve Arthur LAUMANN (28 victories)
Leutnant der Reserve Gustav LEFFERS (9 victories)
Oberst Hermann von der LEITH-THOMSEN (born Hermann THOMSEN)
Hauptmann Leo LEONHARDY ‘The Iron Commander’
Hauptmann Bruno LOERZER (44 victories)
Oberleutnant Erich LÖWENHARDT (54 victories)
Oberleutnant Carl MENCKHOFF (39 victories)
Leutnant Max Ritter von MÜLLER (36 victories)
Oberleutnant Albert MÜLLER-KAHLE
Leutnant Max Ritter von MULZER (10 victories)
Leutnant Ulrich NECKEL (30 victories)
Leutnant der Landwehr Friedrich NIELEBOCK
Oberleutnant zur See Theodor OSTERKAMP ‘Uncle Theo’ (32 victories)
Leutnant Otto PARSCHAU (8 victories)
Oberleutnant Paul Freiherr von PECHMANN
Leutnant Fritz PÜTTER (25 victories)
Leutnant Lothar Freiherr von RICHTHOFEN ‘The Butcher’ (40 victories)
Rittmeister Manfred Freiherr von RICHTHOFEN ‘The Red Baron’ or ‘Der Rote Kampfflieger’ (80 victories)
Leutnant der Reserve Peter RIEPER
Oberleutnant Friedrich ‘Fritz’ Ritter von RÖTH (28 victories)
Leutnant der Reserve Fritz RUMEY (45 victories)
Oberleutnant zur See Gotthard SACHSENBERG (31 victories)
Leutnant Karl SCHÄFER (30 victories)
Oberleutnant Eduard Ritter von SCHLEICH ‘The Black Knight’ (35 victories)
Leutnant Wilhelm Paul SCHREIBER
Fregattenkapitän Peter STRASSER
Leutnant Karl THOM (27 victories)
Leutnant Emil THUY (35 victories)
Oberleutnant Adolf Ritter von TUTSCHEK (27 victories)
Oberleutnant Ernst UDET ‘The Flying Clown’ (62 victories)
Leutnant der Reserve Joseph VELTJENS ‘Seppl’ (35 victories)
Leutnant der Reserve Werner VOSS (48 victories)
Hauptmann Franz WALZ ‘The Eagle of Jericho’ (7 victories)
Leutnant der Reserve Rudolph WINDISCH (22 victories)
Leutnant Kurt WINTGENS (19 victories)
Leutnant Kurt WOLFF (33 victories)
Leutnant der Reserve Kurt WÜSTHOFF (27 victories)
CHAPTER 6 - The men who missed out on the Pour le Mérite
Leutnant Hans Ritter von ADAM (21 victories)
Offizierstellvertreter Friedrich ALTEMEIER (21 victories)
Oberleutnant Eduard AUFFARTH (sometimes spelt AUFFAHRT) (29 victories)
Leutnant Hermann BECKER (23 victories)
Oberleutnant Hans BETHGE (20 victories)
Leutnant Paul BILLIK (31 victories)
Leutnant Gustav DÖRR (35 victories)
Leutnant Rudolph von ESCHWEGE ‘The Eagle of the Aegean Sea’ (20 victories)
Leutnant Rudolph von FREDEN (20 victories)
Leutnant Friedrich ‘Fitz’ FRIEDRICHS (21 victories)
Leutnant Hermann FROMMHERZ (32 victories)
Leutnant Otto FRUHNER (27 victories)
Leutnant Walter GOTTSCH (20 victories)
Leutnant Georg von HANTELMANN (25 victories)
Vizefeldwebel Oskar HENNRICH (20 victories)
Leutnant Fritz HOHN (21 victories)
Leutnant Joseph MAI (30 victories)
Leutnant Georg MEYER (24 victories)
Leutnant Max NÄTHER (26 victories)
Leutnant Friedrich NOLTENIUS (21 victories)
Leutnant Karl ODEBRETT (21 victories)
Leutnant Hans PIPPART (22 victories)
Leutnant Werner PREUSS (22 victories)
Hauptmann Wilhelm REINHARD (20 victories)
Vizefeldwebel Karl SCHLEGEL (24 victories)
Oberleutnant Otto SCHMIDT (20 victories)
CHAPTER 7 - Pour le Mérite holders listed by victories
CHAPTER 8 - Alphabetical list of First World War Pour le Mérite Holders
Glossary
Bibliography
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