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História. Foi instituída em 1740 por Frederico II, e nomeada em francês (a língua da corte real). Até 1810 a condecoração foi uma honraria tanto civil quanto militar, mas em janeiro daquele ano, o rei da Prússia Frederico Guilherme III decretou sua exclusividade aos militares.
The Pour le Mérite (German: [puːɐ̯ lə meˈʁiːt]; French: [puʁ lə me.ʁit], lit. ' For Merit '), also informally known as the "Blue Max", is an order of merit (German: Verdienstorden) established in 1740 by King Frederick II of Prussia.
La croix Pour le Mérite est une décoration prussienne créée par Frédéric II en 1740. Le dernier récipiendaire à titre militaire de la croix Pour le Mérite, Ernst Jünger, est mort en 1998.
The Pour le Mérite was the Kingdom of Prussia's highest military order for officers until the end of World War I. Its equivalent for non-commissioned officers and enlisted men was the Military Merit Cross .
NameRankBranchPour Le MéritePaul BaaderMajorArmy20 October 1918Ernst von BacmeisterGeneral der InfanterieArmy8 October 1917General der InfanterieBaden Army18 December 1895LeutnantLuftstreitkräfte2 November 1918Pour le Mérite, the highest military decoration of the German Empire, was awarded some 700 times during the war, but almost exclusively to high-ranking officers (and seventy times to combat pilots). Jünger was one of only eleven infantry company leaders who received the order.
Der Orden Pour le Mérite ( französisch „Für das Verdienst “) wurde durch König Friedrich II. gestiftet und war die höchste Tapferkeitsauszeichnung, die ein König von Preußen an einen Offizier vergeben konnte. Der Orden geht auf den 1667 gestifteten Ordre de la Générosité zurück.
Pour le Mérite, distinguished Prussian order established by Frederick II the Great in 1740, which had a military class and a class for scientific and artistic achievement.
