House Order of Hohenzollern

The House Order of Hohenzollern (Hausorden von Hohenzollern or Hohenzollernscher Hausorden) was a dynastic order of knighthood of the House of Hohenzollern awarded to military commissioned officers and civilians of comparable status. Associated with the various versions of the order were crosses and medals which could be awarded to lower-ranking soldiers and civilians.

History
The Princely House Order of Hohenzollern originated in 1841, by joint decree of Prince Konstantin of Hohenzollern-Hechingen and Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. These two principalities in southern Germany were Catholic collateral lines of the House of Hohenzollern, cousins to the Protestant ruling house of Prussia.

On 23 August 1851, after the two principalities had been annexed by Prussia, the order was adopted by the Prussian branch of the house. Also, although the two principalities had become an administrative region of the Prussian kingdom, the princely lines continued to award the order as a house order. The Prussian version was then known as the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern (Königlicher Hausorden von Hohenzollern or Königlich Hohenzollernscher Hausorden), to distinguish it from the Princely House Order of Hohenzollern (Fürstlicher Hausorden von Hohenzollern or Fürstlich Hohenzollernscher Hausorden). It was awarded mainly for service to the royal family. Although Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated in 1918 as German Emperor and King of Prussia, he did not relinquish his role as Head of the Royal House and as such he was still able to confer the Royal House Order. The Princely House Order continued to be awarded, unofficially, after the fall of the German Monarchy.

Another development occurred in 1935. Prince Karl Anton's second son, Karl Eitel Friedrich of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, had become prince and then king of Romania as Carol I. Carol I had died childless and was succeeded by his nephew Ferdinand I, also of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. During the reign of Ferdinand's son King Carol II, the Romanian government established its own version of the House Order of Hohenzollern, known in Romanian as Ordinul "Bene Merenti" al Casei Domnitoare ("Order of 'Bene Merenti' of the Ruling House"). This form of the order existed until the Romanian monarchy was abolished in 1947; King Michael also awarded a slightly altered order in exile.

Royal House Order
The Royal House Order of Hohenzollern came in the following classes:


 * Grand Commander (Großkomtur)
 * Commander (Komtur)
 * Knight (Ritter)
 * Member (Inhaber)

"Member" was a lesser class for soldiers who were not officers, as well as civilians. The Members' Cross (Kreuz der Inhaber), especially with swords, was a rare distinction for non-commissioned officers and the like. Another decoration, the Members' Eagle (Adler der Inhaber) was often given as a long-service award to lesser officials such as schoolteachers. The "Eagles" (the Members' Eagle and the Knights' Eagle, or Adler der Ritter) were solely civilian awards, and could not be awarded with swords. All other grades could be awarded with swords. During World War I, the Knight's Cross with Swords of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern became in effect an intermediate award between the Iron Cross 1st Class and the Pour le Mérite for Prussian junior officers. When awarded with swords it was worn on the ribbon of the Iron Cross.

Princely House Order
The Princely House Order of Hohenzollern came in the following classes:


 * Cross of Honour 1st Class (Ehrenkreuz 1. Klasse)
 * Commander's Cross of Honour (Ehrenkomturkreuz)
 * Cross of Honour 2nd Class (Ehrenkreuz 2. Klasse)
 * Cross of Honour 3rd Class (Ehrenkreuz 3. Klasse)
 * Golden Cross of Merit (goldenes Verdienstkreuz)
 * Silver Cross of Merit (silbernes Verdienstkreuz)
 * Golden Medal of Honour (goldene Ehrenmedaille)
 * Silver Medal of Merit (silberne Verdienstmedaille)

The Crosses of Merit, Golden Medal of Honour and Silver Medal of Merit were lesser grades for non-commissioned officers, enlisted men and their civilian equivalents. All grades could be awarded with swords. During World War I, the appropriate grade of the Princely House Order was often awarded to officers and men of ''Füsilier-Regiment Fürst Karl Anton von Hohenzollern (Hohenzollernsches) Nr. 40'', an infantry regiment raised in the principalities of Hohenzollern and whose honorary chief was the Prince of Hohenzollern. Soldiers in the regiment's sister reserve and Landwehr regiments also often received the decoration. Unlike the Royal House Order, awards of the Princely House Order were made on the standard ribbon of the order (the "statute" ribbon) regardless of whether they were with or without swords.

Romanian House Order
The classes of the Romanian version of the House Order were essentially the same as those of the Princely House Order, except that the Cross of Honour 3rd Class of the Romanian version could be awarded with Oak leaves, and the Golden and Silver Medals could be awarded with a Crown. As with the Prussian and Hohenzollern versions, crossed swords could be used to indicate a wartime or combat award. Given the short existence of the order and the fact that Romania had a number of other decorations for valor and military merit (Order of Michael the Brave, Order of the Star of Romania, Order of the Crown of Romania, Air Force Bravery Order, Cross of Military Virtue, Air Force and Naval Bravery Crosses, Crosses and Medals for Faithful Service, Medals for Steadfastness and Loyalty), awards of the Romanian version of the House Order with swords are uncommon.

Insignia
The badge of the House Order of Hohenzollern was a cross pattée with convex edges and curved arms (sometimes called an "Alisee" cross). There were differences in the enameling of the arms of the cross for the Royal, Princely and Romanian versions, but all featured white enamel on the higher classes and a black enameled stripe near the sides of the cross. Between the arms of the cross was a wreath of laurel leaves (left side) and oak leaves (right side).

The cross bore a center medallion; the medallion and its band bore different coats of arms, mottos, dates and ciphers for each of the Royal, Princely and Romanian versions:


 * The white-enameled medallion of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern bore a black Prussian royal eagle with the Hohenzollern house coat of arms on a shield on the eagle's chest. Around the center medallion, a gold-rimmed band of blue enamel bore the motto in gold letters: vom Fels zum Meer ("From the cliffs to the sea"), with a wreath of laurel below. The white-enameled medallion on the reverse bore the cipher of King Frederick William IV of Prussia, the king when the order was founded.  A gold-rimmed band of blue enamel bore the date den 18. Januar 1851 with a wreath of laurel leaves (left side) and oak leaves (right side).
 * The white-enameled medallion of the Princely House Order of Hohenzollern bore the Hohenzollern coat of arms (a quartered shield of black and white) under a princely crown. Around the center medallion, a gold-rimmed band of blue enamel bore the motto in gold letters: für Treue und Verdienst ("For loyalty and merit") with a smaller wreath of oak leaves below.  On most grades, the white-enameled medallion on the reverse bore the intertwined ciphers ("F" and "A") of Princes Friedrich (Konstantin's actual first name) and Anton, the princes who founded the order, under a princely crown. The gold-rimmed band of blue enamel bore one of several dates, depending on the class, such as den 5 T April 1844 for the 2nd and 3rd Classes, with a wreath of laurel leaves below.
 * The white-enameled medallion of the Romanian House Order bore a black Romanian eagle with the Hohenzollern coat of arms on a shield on the eagle's chest. Around the center medallion, a gold-rimmed band of blue enamel bore the motto in gold letters: nihil sine Deo ("Nothing without God").  The white-enameled medallion on the reverse bore the crowned cipher of King Carol. The gold-rimmed band of blue enamel bore the date of the founding of the Romanian kingdom, 10 Februarie 1881.

The statute ribbon of the order was white with three black stripes (with slight variations among the Royal, Princely and Romanian versions).

Notable recipients
As noted above, the Knight's Cross with Swords of the Royal House Order was the intermediate decoration between the Iron Cross 1st Class and the Pour le Mérite for Prussian junior officers. There were over 8,000 awards during World War I of this class (there were far fewer awards of the other classes, or of any class before the war). Thus, among the ranks of Imperial German Army junior officers who earned the Royal House Order as lieutenants, captains or majors in World War I are several hundred who reached the rank of general in the Wehrmacht in World War II.

Grand Commanders

 * Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1811–1873)
 * Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1884–1948)
 * Prince Albert of Prussia (1809–1872)
 * Prince Albert of Prussia (1837–1906)
 * Albert, King of Saxony
 * Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen
 * Duke Alexander of Oldenburg
 * Prince Alexander of Prussia
 * Alexander II of Russia
 * Alexander III of Russia
 * Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia
 * Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
 * Amadeo I of Spain
 * Prince Arnulf of Bavaria
 * Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
 * Prince August of Württemberg
 * Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia
 * Bernhard III, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
 * Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg
 * Herbert von Bismarck
 * Otto von Bismarck
 * Borwin, Duke of Mecklenburg
 * Julius von Bose
 * Felix Graf von Bothmer
 * Paul Bronsart von Schellendorff
 * Bernhard von Bülow
 * Karl von Bülow
 * Leo von Caprivi
 * Prince Charles of Prussia
 * Charles I of Württemberg
 * Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
 * Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
 * Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein
 * Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
 * Edward VII
 * Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia
 * Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
 * Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
 * Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse
 * Archduke Eugen of Austria
 * Botho zu Eulenburg
 * Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
 * Franz Joseph I of Austria
 * Prince Friedrich Heinrich Albrecht of Prussia
 * Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828–1885)
 * Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1893–1917)
 * Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia
 * Prince Friedrich Sigismund of Prussia (1891–1927)
 * Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 * Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 * Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt
 * Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden
 * Frederick III, German Emperor
 * Prince Frederick of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
 * Prince Frederick of Prussia (1794–1863)
 * Prince Frederick of the Netherlands
 * Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
 * Prince George, Duke of Cambridge
 * Prince George of Prussia
 * George, King of Saxony
 * George II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
 * George V
 * George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
 * Günther Friedrich Karl II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
 * Gustaf V
 * Gustaf VI Adolf
 * Gustav, Prince of Vasa
 * Gottlieb Graf von Haeseler
 * Wilhelm von Hahnke
 * Prince Henry of Prussia (1862–1929)
 * Heinrich VII, Prince Reuss of Köstritz
 * Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
 * Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1825–1901)
 * Karl Eberhard Herwarth von Bittenfeld
 * Paul von Hindenburg
 * Prince Joachim of Prussia
 * Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern
 * Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern
 * Karl Friedrich, Prince of Hohenzollern
 * Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria
 * Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria
 * Gustav von Kessel
 * Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia
 * Leopold II of Belgium
 * Prince Leopold of Bavaria
 * Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern
 * Walter von Loë
 * Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse
 * Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse
 * Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia
 * Erich Ludendorff
 * Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria
 * August von Mackensen
 * Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen
 * Prince Maximilian of Baden
 * Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia
 * Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
 * Georg Alexander von Müller
 * Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich of Russia
 * Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1831–1891)
 * Nicholas II of Russia
 * Oscar II
 * Alexander August Wilhelm von Pape
 * Hans von Plessen
 * Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia
 * Albrecht von Roon
 * Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria
 * Alfred von Schlieffen
 * Otto Graf zu Stolberg-Wernigerode
 * Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1896–1978)
 * Alfred von Tirpitz
 * Prince Tommaso, Duke of Genoa
 * Victor I, Duke of Ratibor
 * Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
 * Viktor II, Duke of Ratibor
 * Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia
 * Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1889–1945)
 * Alfred von Waldersee
 * Wilhelm, German Crown Prince
 * Wilhelm II, German Emperor
 * William I, German Emperor
 * William II of Württemberg
 * William III of the Netherlands
 * William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
 * William, Prince of Hohenzollern
 * Duke William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 * William, Prince of Wied
 * Friedrich Graf von Wrangel

Commanders

 * Hans Hartwig von Beseler
 * Moritz von Bissing
 * Adolf von Deines
 * Karl von Einem
 * Prince Heinrich of Hesse and by Rhine
 * Henning von Holtzendorff
 * Gilbert Hamilton
 * Dietrich von Hülsen-Haeseler
 * Friedrich von Ingenohl
 * Georg von der Marwitz
 * Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg
 * Walther Reinhardt
 * Gustav von Senden-Bibran
 * Julius von Verdy du Vernois

Honor Crosses

 * Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1811–1873)
 * Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1884–1948)
 * Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg
 * Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
 * Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
 * Albert I of Belgium
 * Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis
 * Prince Albert of Prussia (1809–1872)
 * Prince Albert of Prussia (1837–1906)
 * Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg
 * Prince Alexander of Prussia
 * Prince Alfons of Bavaria
 * Alfred, 2nd Prince of Montenuovo
 * Prince Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
 * Prince Arnulf of Bavaria
 * Prince August, Duke of Dalarna
 * Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia
 * Prince Augustus of Prussia
 * Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg
 * Werner von Blomberg
 * Felix Graf von Bothmer
 * Paul von Bruns
 * Carol I of Romania
 * Charles Egon III, Prince of Fürstenberg
 * Kurt von der Chevallerie
 * Eduard, Duke of Anhalt
 * Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia
 * Duke Elimar of Oldenburg
 * Emich, Prince of Leiningen
 * Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse
 * Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria
 * Ferdinand I of Romania
 * Hermann von François
 * Prince Franz of Bavaria
 * Friedrich II, Duke of Anhalt
 * Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
 * Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt
 * Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden
 * Frederick III, German Emperor
 * Prince Frederick of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
 * Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern
 * Prince Frederick of Prussia (1794–1863)
 * Frederick William IV of Prussia
 * Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen
 * Maximilian Egon II, Prince of Fürstenberg
 * Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony
 * Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg
 * Prince George of Prussia
 * Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz
 * Prince Henry of Prussia (1862–1929)
 * Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1825–1901)
 * Karl Eberhard Herwarth von Bittenfeld
 * Wilhelm Heye
 * Dietrich von Hülsen-Haeseler
 * Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
 * Prince Kan'in Kotohito
 * Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern
 * Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern
 * Prince Karl Theodor of Bavaria
 * Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria
 * Werner Kienitz
 * Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt
 * Prince Leopold of Bavaria
 * Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern
 * Friedrich Wilhelm von Lindeiner-Wildau
 * Fritz von Loßberg
 * Manuel II of Portugal
 * Franz Mattenklott
 * Prince Maximilian of Baden
 * Klemens von Metternich
 * August Ludwig von Nostitz
 * Oscar I of Sweden
 * Prince Oskar of Prussia
 * Alexander August Wilhelm von Pape
 * Pedro V of Portugal
 * Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders
 * Karl von Plettenberg
 * Georg-Wilhelm Postel
 * Antoni Wilhelm Radziwiłł
 * Walther Reinhardt
 * Duke Robert of Württemberg
 * Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria
 * Alfred von Schlieffen
 * August Schmidt (Luftwaffe)
 * Walther Schroth
 * Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1896–1978)
 * Emil Uzelac
 * Victor I, Duke of Ratibor
 * Viktor II, Duke of Ratibor
 * Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1817–1849)
 * Prince Waldemar of Prussia (1889–1945)
 * Wilhelm II, German Emperor
 * Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach
 * Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1783–1851)
 * William I, German Emperor
 * William II of Württemberg
 * William, Prince of Hohenzollern
 * William, Prince of Wied
 * Hans Ritter von Adam
 * Karl Allmenröder
 * Ernst Freiherr von Althaus
 * Hans am Ende
 * Joachim von Amsberg (general)
 * Karl Angerstein
 * Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière
 * Harald Auffarth
 * Gustav Bachmann
 * Curt Badinski
 * Hermann Balck
 * Hartmuth Baldamus
 * Hermann Bauer
 * Wilhelm Baur
 * Ludwig Beck
 * Carl Becker (general)
 * Hermann Becker
 * Hans Behlendorff
 * Wilhelm Behrens
 * Wilhelm Berlin
 * Fritz Otto Bernert
 * Hans Berr
 * Rudolf Berthold
 * Hans Bethge (aviator)
 * Helmuth Beukemann
 * Arnold Freiherr von Biegeleben
 * Paul Billik
 * Georg von Bismarck
 * Johannes Blaskowitz
 * Werner von Blomberg
 * Walter Blume (aircraft designer)
 * Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal
 * Günther Blumentritt
 * Fedor von Bock
 * Max von Boehn (general)
 * Oswald Boelcke
 * Paul Bäumer
 * Walter Boenicke
 * Erwin Böhme
 * Carl Bolle
 * Heinrich Bongartz
 * Walter Böning
 * Kuno-Hans von Both
 * Walter Braemer
 * Franz Brandt
 * Walther von Brauchitsch
 * Otto Brauneck
 * Ferdinand von Bredow
 * Hermann Breith
 * Franz Breithaupt
 * Arthur von Briesen
 * Kurt von Briesen
 * Fritz von Brodowski
 * Helmut Brümmer-Patzig
 * Franz Büchner
 * Hans-Joachim Buddecke
 * Walther Buhle
 * Harry von Bülow-Bothkamp
 * Friedrich-Karl Burckhardt
 * Wilhelm Burgdorf
 * Hans Krebs
 * Ernst Busch (field marshal)
 * Theodor Busse
 * Eduard von Capelle
 * Friedrich-Wilhelm von Chappuis
 * Friedrich Christiansen
 * Gerhard Conrad (pilot)
 * Theodor Croneiss
 * Hermann Dahlmann
 * Alexander Edler von Daniels
 * Jakob Ritter von Danner
 * Franz Xaver Danhuber
 * Carl Degelow
 * Friedrich-Wilhelm Dernen
 * Karl Dönitz
 * Kurt-Bertram von Döring
 * Albert Dossenbach
 * Eduard Ritter von Dostler
 * Kurt Eberhard
 * Johann-Heinrich Eckhardt
 * Theodor Endres
 * Erwin Engelbrecht
 * Franz Ritter von Epp
 * Waldemar Erfurth
 * Rudolf von Eschwege
 * Walter Ewers
 * Alexander von Falkenhausen
 * Kurt von Falkowski
 * Hans Feige
 * Hermann Flörke
 * Hermann Foertsch
 * Werner Forst
 * Helmuth Förster
 * Otto-Wilhelm Förster
 * Victor Franke
 * Bruno Frankewitz
 * Wilhelm Frankl
 * Hans von Freden
 * Otto Fretter-Pico
 * Wilhelm Frickart
 * Kurt Fricke
 * Helmut Friebe
 * Friedrich Friedrichs
 * Werner von Fritsch
 * Hermann Frommherz
 * Heinz Furbach
 * Martin Gareis
 * Alfred Gerstenberg
 * Hermann Geyer
 * Werner von Gilsa
 * Hermann Göring
 * Heinrich Gontermann
 * Walter Göttsch
 * Justus Grassmann
 * Ulrich Grauert
 * Robert Ritter von Greim
 * Karl-Albrecht von Groddeck
 * Horst Großmann
 * Curt Haase
 * Siegfried Haenicke
 * Erich Hahn
 * Otto Hahn
 * Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord
 * Christian Hansen (general)
 * Ludwig Hanstein
 * Georg von Hantelmann
 * Wilhelm Hasse (general)
 * Bruno Ritter von Hauenschild
 * Hans Hecker
 * Heino von Heimburg
 * Gotthard Heinrici
 * Walter Heitz
 * Franz Hemer
 * Georg Ritter von Hengl
 * Sigfrid Henrici
 * Albert Henze
 * Friedrich Herrlein
 * Ernst Hess
 * Wilhelm Heye
 * Edmund Hoffmeister
 * Adolf Wild von Hohenborn
 * Fritz Höhn
 * Walter Höhndorf
 * Gustav Höhne
 * Otto Höhne
 * Harry Hoppe
 * Hermann Hoth
 * Hans Howaldt
 * Hans-Valentin Hube
 * Werner Hühner
 * Joachim-Friedrich Huth
 * Max Immelmann
 * Erich Jaschke
 * Ferdinand Jühlke
 * Ernst Jünger
 * Leonhard Kaupisch
 * Walter Keiner
 * Wilhelm Keitel
 * Alfred Keller
 * Hans von Keudell
 * Werner Kienitz
 * Eberhard Kinzel
 * Heinrich Kirchheim
 * Stefan Kirmaier
 * Hans Kirschstein
 * Heinrich Kittel
 * Johannes Klein
 * Günther von Kluge
 * Hans von Koester
 * Paul König
 * Waldemar Kophamel
 * Dietrich Kraiss
 * Walther Krause
 * Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein
 * Hans Kreysing
 * Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger (theologian)
 * Heinrich Kroll
 * Friedrich Kühn
 * Walter Kuntze
 * Eberhard von Kurowski
 * Walter Kypke
 * Otto Lancelle
 * Arthur Laumann
 * Gustav Leffers
 * Hans Leistikow
 * Joachim Lemelsen
 * Richard Lepper
 * Hans-Georg Leyser
 * Wilhelm List
 * Bruno Loerzer
 * Johannes Lohs
 * Fritz von Loßberg
 * Erich Loewenhardt
 * Alfons Luczny
 * Erich Lüdke
 * Hartwig von Ludwiger
 * Günther Lütjens
 * Kurt-Jürgen Freiherr von Lützow
 * Friedrich Lützow
 * Siegfried Macholz
 * Erich von Manstein
 * Wilhelm Marschall
 * Rudolf Meister
 * Carl Menckhoff
 * Georg Meyer (aviator)
 * Walter Model
 * Arthur Mülverstedt
 * Max Näther
 * Ulrich Neckel
 * Karl August Nerger
 * Friedrich Noltenius
 * Theo Osterkamp
 * Eugen Ott (general)
 * Richard Pellengahr
 * Rudolf Peschel
 * Nicolae Petrescu-Comnen
 * Walter Petzel
 * Max Pfeffer
 * Karl von Plettenberg
 * Gunther Plüschow
 * Werner Preuss
 * Fritz Pütter
 * Friedrich von Rabenau
 * Antoni Wilhelm Radziwiłł
 * Erich Raeder
 * Adolf Raegener
 * Johann von Ravenstein
 * Hubert von Rebeur-Paschwitz
 * Hermann Reinecke
 * Wilhelm Reinhard (pilot)
 * Georg-Hans Reinhardt
 * Ludwig von Reuter
 * Lothar von Richthofen
 * Manfred von Richthofen
 * Hans Rolfes
 * Hans Rose
 * Karl Rothenburg
 * Hellmuth von Ruckteschell
 * Günther Rüdel
 * Alfred Saalwächter
 * Erwin Sander
 * Werner Sanne
 * Dietrich von Saucken
 * Karl Emil Schäfer
 * Bruno Schatz
 * Hans-Karl von Scheele
 * Reinhard Scheer
 * Hans Schilling (aviator)
 * Alfred Schlemm
 * Georg Schlenker
 * Eberhard Graf von Schmettow
 * Arthur Schmidt (general)
 * August Schmidt (Luftwaffe)
 * Gustav Schmidt (general)
 * Hans Schmidt (general of the Infantry)
 * Otto Schmidt (aviator)
 * Eugen Ritter von Schobert
 * Viktor Schobinger
 * Carl-August von Schoenebeck
 * Otto von Schrader
 * Walther Schroth
 * Otto Schultze
 * Johannes Schulz
 * Günter Schwartzkopff
 * Viktor von Schwedler
 * Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach
 * Johann Sinnhuber
 * Friedrich Sixt von Armin
 * Karl-Wilhelm Specht
 * Hugo Sperrle
 * Paul Strähle
 * Peter Strasser
 * Adolf Strauss (general)
 * Kurt Student
 * Otto von Stülpnagel
 * Wolff von Stutterheim
 * Walter Surén
 * Emil Thuy
 * Horst Julius Freiherr Treusch von Buttlar-Brandenfels
 * Adolf von Trotha
 * Adolf Ritter von Tutschek
 * Ernst Udet
 * Max Ulich
 * Walter von Unruh
 * Josef Veltjens
 * Heinrich von Vietinghoff
 * Werner Voss
 * Franz Walz
 * Walter Warzecha
 * Erich Rüdiger von Wedel
 * Friedrich-August Weinknecht
 * Wilhelm Wetzel
 * Hans Weiss (aviator)
 * Walther Wever (general)
 * Thomas-Emil von Wickede
 * Gustav Anton von Wietersheim
 * Helmuth Wilberg
 * Rudolf Windisch
 * Erwin von Witzleben
 * Kurt Wolff (aviator)
 * Eberhard Wolfram
 * Kurt Wüsthoff
 * Heinz Ziegler
 * Hans Zorn

Members

 * Prince Albert of Saxe-Altenburg
 * Fritz Beckhardt
 * Sebastian Festner
 * Friedrich Wilhelm Prinz von Hohenzollern
 * Fritz Kosmahl
 * Prince Kraft of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen
 * Max Ritter von Müller
 * Prince Nicholas of Romania
 * Karl Thom

Unknown Class

 * Leopold Anslinger
 * Erwin Böhme
 * Adolf von Bonin
 * Hans-Eberhardt Gandert
 * Franz Halder
 * Paul Hausser
 * Erich Hoepner
 * Hermann Köhl
 * Günther Korten
 * Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb
 * Walter von Reichenau
 * Wilhelm Reinhard (SS officer)
 * Hugo Rüdel
 * Gerd von Rundstedt
 * Franz Schleiff
 * Albrecht von Thaer
 * Wilhelm Werner (SS officer)