Pour le merite, english order for merit, distinguished prussian order established by frederick ii the great in 1740, which had a military class and a class for scientific and artistic achievement. Up into the 1950ties pour le merites were produced by juwelier because a number of them had been lost during ww2. He was the last commander of jagdgeschwader 1 jasta 1, the fighter wing. Unlike other decorations, the pour le merite with or without oak leaves could be awarded more than once to the same officer. The pour le merite was the kingdom of prussias highest military order for officers until the end of world war i. They married on november 27, 1916, in danzig, and on december 24, 1928 had a son, manfred, who would later become the mayor of stuttgart. Albert goodwin collection 126 a gentlemans collection. You can now bid on a supposedly authentic 1916 pour le merite on ebay. George peabody gooch om ch fba 21 october 1873 31 august 1968 was a british journalist, historian and liberal party politician. The pour le merite was a blueenameled maltese cross with gold eagles between the arms of the cross. Car le pays doz est vaste et bien plus peuple quil ny parait. Own your own authentic pour le merite get it on ebay. A follower of lord acton who was independently wealthy, he never held an academic position, but knew the work of historians of continental europe. Pour le merite was one of the biggest boxoffice hits of the third reich.
Over 1,000 original largeformat color photographs created especially for this master reference. This nazi propaganda film chronicles the rise of the german air force luftwaffe from world war i until adolf hitler took power in 1933. Pour le merite orders prussia german states germany. Le magicien doz folio junior french edition french. After the war, of course, the picture was banned, the hollywood quarterly calling it the purest of all nazi films and according karl ritter notoriety as the most irresponsible and dangerous filmmaker of the third reich. Own your own authentic pour le merite get it on ebay posted by david on january 15, 2009 10. Blauer max, was the kingdom of prussias highest military order until the end of world war i.
Herman goring fighter ace by peter kilduff overdrive. The list contains recipients of the pour le merite military class. Since the foundation, a total of 5,430 persons received this award. Ce fichier contient des informations supplementaires, probablement ajoutees par lappareil photo numerique ou le numeriseur utilise pour le creer. In 1918, after he shot his 19 th plane, he was awarded the pour le merite also called the blue max. Josef carl peter jacobs was born in kreuzkapelle, rhineland.
Bohme, albert hehn august 3, 2018 this nazi propaganda film chronicles the rise of the german air force luftwaffe from world war i until adolf hitler took power in 1933. While at cadet school, early in 1911, erwin rommel had met his future wife, 17yearold lucia maria mollin also called lucie b. Jan 15, 2009 own your own authentic pour le merite get it on ebay posted by david on january 15, 2009 10. Got its share of aerial combat, but its more the political play thats intriguing about pour le merite 1938 and how it serves hitlers agenda at the time of its release. Its the type of film thats interesting for its historical purpose, but it also works well purely as a war movie if you are able to look past the heroes being the. Hermann goring simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Germany 19331945 47 the notable figures auction series the estate of ssobergruppenfuhrer arthur. Its equivalent for noncommissioned officers and enlisted men was the military merit cross. The film follows the story of officers of the luftstreitkrafte german air force in the first world war who were later involved in the formation of the luftwaffe. Goring went on to become a fighter pilot with twentytwo downed enemy aircraft to his credit, the last wartime commander of the red barons own fighter wing, jagdgeschwader richthofen, and recipient of a row of prestigious medals including prussias highest bravery award, the pour le merite. Pour le merite 1938 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. It was named in french, which was the leading international language and the favoured language at fredericks court. Tom hanks, akiva goldsman set live action mattel adaptation major matt mason at paramount exclusive. Pour le merite, ww1, ww2, nazi, luftwaffe, pour le merite 1938.
If youve got a couple thousand lying around during these dismal times, good for you. Nowhere will you find such a comprehensive visual history of the order pour le merite. An order pour le merite, order cross from the late 18th century made from gold with blue enamel, the inscription made of smooth gold foil with black shading, the pearls of the crown painted in white enamel, finely stylised eagle inserted into the cross arms, engraved loop, the suspension ring is missing, with a part of the ribbon. The french name was retained, despite the rising tide of nationalism and increasing hostility between french and germans during the 19th century, and ironically many of its recipients were. Please activate the hd function1080p720p before watching the video or watch it with a larger type player in 480p.
Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Institution du merite militaire 1759 chevalier ribbon. The pour le merite, known informally during world war i as the blue max german. Pour le merite is a 1938 propaganda film produced and directed by karl ritter for nazi germany. There is a pour le merite for sale that was awarded to 33 victory ace heinrich kroll. Erwin rommel simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Order of generosity that was founded by frederick i of prussia in 1667. The nazi film industry produced many impressive world war 1 pictures, but most of them were set in the trenches, not the war in the skies. Pour le merite 1938 karl ritter, paul hartmann, herbert a. The order pour le merite for sciences and arts the golden medal of the order displays the prussian eagle, the crowned initials of frederick the great repeated eightfold, and, against an enameled blue background, the designation pour le merite for merit. Recently a pour le merite of ernst brandenburg kagohl 3 was sold for about 8.
Then you can prance around your living room with this bling hanging from your neck. Order pourlemerite, a very fine quality original wartime manufactured piece, non maker marked but also certainly by godet of berlin, silvergilt and enamel, the rim of one arm silver marked 925 and believed to date from circa 19161917. List of the pour le merite military class recipients. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. The prussian royal cipher f was on the upper arm and the three french words pour le merite were placed on the remaining three arms. Figure 3 depicts the obverse of the pour le merite.
Prussian blue a history of the order pour le merite 1st. Crack the spine and enter a realm of knights and flyers, their common thread a thirst for prussian blue. Own your own authentic pour le merite get it on ebay wwi. Germany imperial and prussia order pour le merite a v.
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