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- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) abstract "The Military Merit Cross (Militär-Verdienstkreuz) was the highest bravery award of the Kingdom of Prussia for non-commissioned officers and enlisted soldiers. It was also known as the Golden Military Merit Cross (Goldenes Militär-Verdienstkreuz) to distinguish it from the Military Decoration 1st Class (Militär-Ehrenzeichen I. Klasse), a lesser Prussian enlisted bravery decoration which was an identical cross but in silver. The Military Merit Cross came to also be known as the "Pour le Mérite for non-commissioned officers and enlisted men" (Orden Pour le Mérite für Unteroffiziere und Mannschaften), after the Pour le Mérite, Prussia's highest military decoration for officers.The Military Merit Cross was founded by King Wilhelm I of Prussia on February 27, 1864. It was originally reserved for those in the rank of Feldwebel (the then-highest NCO grade) and below, but eligibility was later extended to soldiers in the rank of Offizier-Stellvertreter, a rank created in 1887 which was roughly comparable to a warrant officer-type rank.The first 16 awards were made for the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. No awards were made for the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, where the principal Prussian military decoration, for both officers and enlisted men, was the Iron Cross. The next group of awards were 17 made in 1879 to Russian soldiers for bravery in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78. Only five more awards were made before World War I: four for colonial conflicts and one for the Boxer Rebellion. During World War I, the Iron Cross was again reinstituted, and for the first years of the war that again became the principal Prussian military decoration. The first Military Merit Cross was awarded in October 1916, followed by 54 more awards in 1917. The rest of the awards of the Military Merit Cross were made in 1918. Despite the much larger number of awards in 1918, the decoration remained extremely rare compared to the number of eligible Prussian soldiers and compared to the number of awards of the Iron Cross and most of the enlisted decorations of the other German states. Recipients received a monthly stipend, which was maintained even after the end of the Prussian monarchy in November 1918 through the Third Reich era, and was reestablished in West Germany in 1957.".
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) thumbnail Goldenesmilitaerverdienstkreuz.png?width=300.
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) wikiPageID "12041702".
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) wikiPageLength "4034".
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) wikiPageOutDegree "22".
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) wikiPageRevisionID "570018021".
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) wikiPageWikiLink Austro-Prussian_War.
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) wikiPageWikiLink Boxer_Rebellion.
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) wikiPageWikiLink Category:Military_awards_and_decorations_of_Prussia.
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) wikiPageWikiLink Cross_pattée.
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) wikiPageWikiLink Feldwebel.
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) wikiPageWikiLink Franco-Prussian_War.
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) wikiPageWikiLink Gold_Bravery_Medal.
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) wikiPageWikiLink Gold_Military_Merit_Medal.
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) wikiPageWikiLink Iron_Cross.
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) wikiPageWikiLink Kingdom_of_Prussia.
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) wikiPageWikiLink Military_Honor_Medal.
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) wikiPageWikiLink Military_Karl-Friedrich_Merit_Order.
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) wikiPageWikiLink Military_Order_of_St._Henry.
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) wikiPageWikiLink Order_of_the_Crown_(Prussia).
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) wikiPageWikiLink Pour_le_Mérite.
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) wikiPageWikiLink Russo-Turkish_War_(1877–78).
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) wikiPageWikiLink Russo-Turkish_War_of_1877-78.
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) wikiPageWikiLink Warrant_officer.
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) wikiPageWikiLink West_Germany.
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) wikiPageWikiLink Wilhelm_I_of_Prussia.
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) wikiPageWikiLink William_I,_German_Emperor.
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) wikiPageWikiLink File:D-PRU_EK_1914_2_Klasse_BAR.svg.
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) wikiPageWikiLink File:Goldenesmilitaerverdienstkreuz.png.
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Golden Merit Cross".
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Golden Military Merit Cross".
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) wikiPageWikiLinkText "MMC".
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Military Merit Cross (Prussia)".
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Military Merit Cross".
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Prussian Golden Military Merit Cross".
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) wikiPageWikiLinkText "Prussian Military Merit Cross in Gold".
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) awardedBy "the Kingdom of Prussia".
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) caption "Golden Military Merit Cross".
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) caption "ribbon bar of the award".
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) description "Gold cross pattée with a center medallion.".
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) eligibility "Non-commissioned officers and enlisted soldiers".
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) established "1864-02-27".
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) firstAward "--09-20".
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) for "Bravery".
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) hasPhotoCollection Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia).
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) higher Order_of_the_Crown_(Prussia).
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) image "100".
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) lastAward "1918-11-08".
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) lower Military_Honor_Medal.
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) name "Military Merit Cross".
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) precedenceLabel "Order of Wear 1916".
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) related Gold_Bravery_Medal.
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) related Gold_Military_Merit_Medal.
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) related Military_Karl-Friedrich_Merit_Order.
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) related Military_Order_of_St._Henry.
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) status "Obsolete".
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) total "38".
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) type "cross".
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Infobox_Military_Award.
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Orders_and_decorations_of_the_Kingdom_of_Prussia.
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) subject Category:Military_awards_and_decorations_of_Prussia.
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) hypernym Award.
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) type Award.
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) type Concept.
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) comment "The Military Merit Cross (Militär-Verdienstkreuz) was the highest bravery award of the Kingdom of Prussia for non-commissioned officers and enlisted soldiers. It was also known as the Golden Military Merit Cross (Goldenes Militär-Verdienstkreuz) to distinguish it from the Military Decoration 1st Class (Militär-Ehrenzeichen I. Klasse), a lesser Prussian enlisted bravery decoration which was an identical cross but in silver.".
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) label "Military Merit Cross (Prussia)".
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) sameAs Creu_al_Mèrit_Militar_(Prússia).
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) sameAs Goldenes_Militär-Verdienst-Kreuz.
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) sameAs Croix_du_Mérite_militaire_en_Or_(Prusse).
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) sameAs Gouden_Kruis_voor_Militaire_Verdienste_(Pruisen).
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) sameAs Złoty_Krzyż_Zasług_Wojskowych.
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) sameAs m.02vmx7d.
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) sameAs Q552980.
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) sameAs Q552980.
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) wasDerivedFrom Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia)?oldid=570018021.
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) depiction Goldenesmilitaerverdienstkreuz.png.
- Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia) isPrimaryTopicOf Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia).