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- Order_of_Merit_of_the_Federal_Republic_of_Germany abstract "The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is the only federal decoration of Germany. It was created by the first President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Theodor Heuss, on 7 September 1951, and has been awarded to over 200,000 individuals in total, both Germans and foreigners. Since the 1990s the number of annual awards has declined from over 4,000, first to around 2,300-2,500 per year, and now under 2,000, with a low of 1752 in 2011. In recent years women have made up a steady 30-31% of recipients. Colloquially, the decorations of the different classes of the Order are also known as Federal Cross of Merit (German: Bundesverdienstkreuz).Most of the German federal states (Länder) have each their own order of merit as well, with the exception of the Free and Hanseatic Cities of Bremen and Hamburg, which reject any orders (by old tradition their citizens, particularly former or present senators, will refuse any decoration in the form of an order. Most famous example: former Chancellor Helmut Schmidt).".
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- Order_of_Merit_of_the_Federal_Republic_of_Germany wikiPageWikiLinkText "Bundesverdienstkreuz I. Klasse".
- Order_of_Merit_of_the_Federal_Republic_of_Germany wikiPageWikiLinkText "Bundesverdienstkreuz am Bande".
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- Order_of_Merit_of_the_Federal_Republic_of_Germany wikiPageWikiLinkText "Commander's Cross (Großes Verdienstkreuz)".
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- Order_of_Merit_of_the_Federal_Republic_of_Germany wikiPageWikiLinkText "Commanders Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Großes Bundesverdienstkreuz)".
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- Order_of_Merit_of_the_Federal_Republic_of_Germany wikiPageWikiLinkText "Das Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse".
- Order_of_Merit_of_the_Federal_Republic_of_Germany wikiPageWikiLinkText "Federal Cross of Merit (First Class)".
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- Order_of_Merit_of_the_Federal_Republic_of_Germany wikiPageWikiLinkText "Federal Cross of Merit First Class".
- Order_of_Merit_of_the_Federal_Republic_of_Germany wikiPageWikiLinkText "Federal Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany".
- Order_of_Merit_of_the_Federal_Republic_of_Germany wikiPageWikiLinkText "Federal Cross of Merit with Shoulder Ribbon".
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- Order_of_Merit_of_the_Federal_Republic_of_Germany wikiPageWikiLinkText "Federal Merit 1st Class".
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- Order_of_Merit_of_the_Federal_Republic_of_Germany wikiPageWikiLinkText "Federal Republic of Germany's Order of Merit".
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- Order_of_Merit_of_the_Federal_Republic_of_Germany wikiPageWikiLinkText "German Service Cross, First Class".
- Order_of_Merit_of_the_Federal_Republic_of_Germany wikiPageWikiLinkText "German Verdienstkreuz".
- Order_of_Merit_of_the_Federal_Republic_of_Germany wikiPageWikiLinkText "Germany".
- Order_of_Merit_of_the_Federal_Republic_of_Germany wikiPageWikiLinkText "Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany".