The list contains recipients of the Pour le Mérite military class. Since the foundation, a total of 5,430 persons received this award. 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.
| Name | Rank | Branch | Pour le Mérite | Oak Leaves | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hans Adam | Kapitänleutnant | Navy | 6 November 1917 | — | — |
| Armand von Alberti | Oberst | Württembergian Army | 8 November 1918 | — |  |
| Viktor Albrecht | Generalleutnant | Army | 9 April 1918 | — |  |
| Karl Allmenröder | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 14 June 1917 | — |  |
| Dr. Ernst Freiherr von Althaus | Oberleutnant | Saxon Army Luftstreitkräfte | 21 July 1916 | — | — |
| Richard d' Alton-Rauch | Oberstleutnant | Army | 15 August 1918 | — | — |
| Achaz Heinrich von Alvensleben | Major | Army | 1758 | — |  |
| Constantin von Alvensleben | Generalleutnant | Army | 17 September 1866 | 31 December 1870 |  |
| Gustav von Alvensleben | General der Infanterie | Army | 17 June 1871 | — |  |
| Walter Arens | Major | Army | 25 October 1918 | — | — |
| Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière | Kapitänleutnant | Navy | 11 October 1916 | — |  |
| Achim von Arnim | Hauptmann | Army | 17 April 1918 | — |  |
| Arthur Arz von Straussenburg | Feldmarschall-Leutnant General der Infanterie | Austrian Army | 28 August 1915 | 6 August 1917 |  |
| Kasimir von Auer | Stabsrittmeister | Army | 18 December 1812 | — |  |
| Name | Rank | Branch | Pour le Mérite | Oak Leaves | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Baader | Major | Army | 20 October 1918 | — | — |
| Ernst von Bacmeister | General der Infanterie | Army | 8 October 1917 | — |  |
| Prince Wilhelm of Baden | General der Infanterie | Baden Army | 18 December 1895 | — |  |
| Paul Bäumer | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 2 November 1918 | — |  |
| William Balck | Generalmajor | Army | 9 March 1918 | — |  |
| Hermann von Balcke | Oberstleutnant | Army | 29 July 1917 | — | — |
| Viktor Bangert | Hauptmann | Army | 24 November 1917 | — | — |
| Carl Freiherr von Bardolff | Generalmajor | Austrian Army | 27 July 1917 | — |  |
| Albert von Barnekow | Generalmajor Generalleutnant | Army | 20. September 1866 | 20. Januar 1871 |  |
| Karl Bartenbach | Korvettenkapitän | Navy | 27 October 1917 | — |  |
| Josef Barth | Major | Army | 9 August 1918 | — | — |
| Max Bauer | Oberstleutnant | Army | 19 December 1916 | 28 March 1918 |  |
| Prince Franz of Bavaria | Generalmajor | Bavarian Army | 16 May 1918 | — |  |
| Prince Leopold of Bavaria | Generalfeldmarschall | Bavarian Army | 5 August 1915 | 25 July 1917 |  |
| Ludwig III of Bavaria | Generalfeldmarschall | Bavarian Army | 8 December 1916 | — |  |
| Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria | Generaloberst Generalfeldmarschall | Bavarian Army | 22 August 1915 | 20 December 1916 |  |
| Olivier Freiherr von Beaulieu-Marconnay | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 26 October 1918 | — | — |
| Friedrich Becker | Major | Army | 17 September 1918 | — | — |
| Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Ernst von Beeren | Major | Army | 7 June 1864 | — | — |
| Curt von Beerfelde | Major | Army | 21 April 1918 | — | — |
| Paul Behncke | Vizeadmiral | Navy | 4 December 1917 | — |  |
| Franz von Behr | Oberstleutnant | Army | 8 October 1917 | — | — |
| Stanislaus Behrendt | Hauptmann | Army | 4 October 1918 | — | — |
| Eduard von Below | General der Infanterie | Army | 18 August 1917 | — |  |
| Ernst von Below | Generalmajor | Army | 24 November 1917 | 13 October 1918 |  |
| Fritz von Below | General der Infanterie | Army | 16 February 1915 | 11 August 1916 |  |
| Hans von Below | Generalmajor | Army | 24 November 1917 | — |  |
| Otto von Below | General der Infanterie | Army | 16 February 1915 | 27 April 1917 |  |
| Theodor Werner Christian von Below | Oberst | Army | 1 January 1815 | — | — |
| Richard von Berendt | Oberst Generalmajor | Army | 14 January 1917 | 24 November 1917 | — |
| Karl Berger | Generalmajor | Army | 17 April 1918 | — | — |
| Walter von Bergmann | Generalmajor | Army | 8 May 1918 | — | — |
| Waldemar Berka | Hauptmann | Army | 23 June 1918 | — | — |
| Fritz Otto Bernert | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 23 April 1917 | — |  |
| Friedrich von Bernhardi | General der Kavallerie | Army | 20 August 1916 | 15 May 1918 |  |
| Felix von Bernuth | Hauptmann | Army | 9 October 1918 | — | — |
| Hans Berr | Oberleutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 4 December 1916 | — |  |
| Albert von Berrer | Generalleutnant | Württembergian Army | 27 August 1917 | — |  |
| Rudolf Berthold | Oberleutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 12 October 1916 | — |  |
| Hans Beseler | Major | Army | 28 November 1917 | — | — |
| Hans Hartwig von Beseler | General der Infanterie | Army | 10 October 1914 | 20 August 1915 |  |
| Ernst von Bila | Major | Army | 23 August 1918 | — |  |
| Karl Anton von Bila | Hauptmann | Army | 13 Juli 1794 | — | — |
| Rudolf Ernst von Bila | Stabsrittmeister | Army | 18 September 1787 | — | — |
| Karl Gustav von Bilow | Hauptmann | Army | 2 June 1793 | — | — |
| Jakob Albrecht von Birckhahn | Oberst | Army | 27 August 1789 | — | — |
| Siegmund Ernst von Birckhahn | Hauptmann | Army | June 1745 | — | — |
| Josef Bischoff | Major | Army | 30 June 1918 | — |  |
| Otto von Bismarck | General der Kavallerie | Army | — | 1 September 1884 |  |
| Werner von Blomberg | Major | Army | 3 June 1918 | — |  |
| Walter Blume | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 30 September 1918 | — |  |
| Georg Ewald von Blumenthal | Stabskapitän | Army | May 1757 | — | — |
| Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal | Oberst Generalmajor | Army | 22 April 1864 | 17 September 1866 |  |
| Hans Graf von Blumenthal | Oberstleutnant | Army | 1745 | — | — |
| Fedor von Bock | Major | Army | 1 April 1918 | — |  |
| Franz-Karl von Bock | Major | Army | 13 October 1918 | — | — |
| Alfred von Böckmann | Generalleutnant | Heer | 8 October 1916 | 1 June 1917 |  |
| Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli | Generaloberst Feldmarschall | Austrian Army | 7 October 1916 | 27 July 1918 |  |
| Erich Böhme | Oberstleutnant | Army | 7 May 1918 | — |  |
| Erwin Böhme | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 24 November 1917 | — |  |
| Karl Friedrich Wilhelm von Böhmer | Premierleutnant | Army | 1807 | — | — |
| Max von Boehn | General der Infanterie | Heer | 24 August 1916 | 20 May 1917 |  |
| Oswald Boelcke | Hauptmann | Luftstreitkräfte | 12 January 1916 | — |  |
| Oskar Freiherr von Boenigk | Oberleutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 25 October 1918 | — | — |
| Friedrich Ritter von Bogendörfer | Oberstleutnant | Bavarian Army | 8 November 1918 | — | — |
| Helmuth Bohm | Major | Army | 5 May 1918 | — | — |
| Carl Bolle | Rittmeister | Luftstreitkräfte | 28 August 1918 | — |  |
| Heinrich Bongartz | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 23 December 1917 | — |  |
| Curt von dem Borne | Generalleutnant General der Infanterie | Army | 9 April 1918 | 3 November 1918 |  |
| Svetozar Boroëvić von Bojna | Generaloberst | Austrian Army | 3 November 1917 | — |  |
| Karl von Borries | Generalleutnant | Army | 13 June 1918 | — | — |
| Rudolf von Borries | Generalmajor | Heer | 4 August 1917 | — |  |
| Ludwig von Borstell | Sekondeleutnant Generalmajor | Army | 11 December 1793 | 21 October 1813 |  |
| Julius von Bose | General der Infanterie | Army | 20 September 1866 | — |  |
| Kuno-Hans von Both | Hauptmann | Army | 10 April 1918 | — |  |
| Felix Graf von Bothmer | General der Infanterie | Bavarian Army | 7 July 1915 | 25 July 1917 |  |
| Ernst Brandenburg | Hauptmann | Luftstreitkräfte | 14 June 1917 | — | — |
| Curt von Brandenstein | Hauptmann | Army | 26 September 1918 | — | — |
| Hermann von Brandenstein | Oberstleutnant | Army | 27 August 1918 | — | — |
| Otto Freiherr von Brandenstein | Oberst | Army | 15 May 1918 | — |  |
| Cordt Freiherr von Brandis | Major | Army | 21 April 1918 | — | — |
| Cordt von Brandis | Oberleutnant | Army | 14 March 1916 | — | — |
| Tido von Brederlow | Major | Army | 9 October 1918 | — | — |
| Antol Graf von Bredow | Generalleutnant | Army | 23 July 1915 | — | — |
| Ludwig Breßler | Generalmajor | Army | 9 October 1918 | — | — |
| Carl Briese | Generalleutnant | Army | 30 August 1918 | — |  |
| Friedrich Brinckmann | Major | Army | 6 March 1918 | — | — |
| Heinrich Brinkord | Oberleutnant | Arny | 21 October 1918 | — | — |
| Ferdinand Brisken | Oberstleutnant | Army | 23 April 1918 | — | — |
| Bernhard Bronsart von Schellendorff | Oberst | Army | 16 September 1916 | — | — |
| Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff | Major | Army | 25 October 1918 | — | — |
| Walter Siegfried Bronsart von Schellendorff | Major | Army | 2 June 1918 | — | — |
| Georg Bruchmüller | Oberstleutnant | Army | 1 May 1917 | 26 March 1918 |  |
| Erich Brückner | Major | Army | 4 September 1918 | — | — |
| Friedrich Bruns | Major | Army | 6 November 1918 | — | — |
| Julius Buckler | Oberstleutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 4 December 1917 | — |  |
| Franz Büchner | Leutnant | Saxon Army Luftstreitkräfte | 25 October 1918 | — |  |
| Hans-Joachim Buddecke | Oberleutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 14 April 1916 | — |  |
| Gustav Freiherr von Buddenbrock | Oberst Generalleutnant | Army | 7 June 1864 | 18 January 1871 |  |
| Christoph Karl von Bülow | Leutnant | Army | 1745 | — | — |
| Hans von Bülow | Generalmajor | Army | 8 December 1871 | — |  |
| Karl Wilhelm Paul von Bülow | Generalfeldmarschall | Army | 4 April 1915 | — |  |
| Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 8 October 1917 | — |  |
| Heinrich von Bünau | Major | Army | 17 September 1918 | — | — |
| Robert Bürkner | Oberstleutnant | Army | 16 May 1918 | — | — |
| Boris III of Bulgaria | Generalfeldmarschall | Bulgarian Army | 26 October 1916 | — |  |
| Ferdinand I of Bulgaria | Generalfeldmarschall | Bulgarian Army | — | 8 September 1916 |  |
| Hermann Ritter von Burkhardt | Generalleutnant | Bavarian Army | 12 May 1917 | — | — |
| Ernst Busch | Hauptmann | Army | 4 October 1918 | — |  |
| Georg Freiherr von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen | Major | Saxon Army | 18 September 1918 | — | — |
| Johannes von Busse | Generalmajor | Army | 16 April 1918 | — |  |
| Name | Rank | Branch | Pour le Mérite | Oak Leaves | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karl Ernst Wilhelm von Canitz und Dallwitz | Leutnant Major | Army | 18 July 1807 | 5 February 1815 |  |
| Philipp Carl von Canstein | Generalmajor Generalleutnant | Army | 7 June 1864 | 20 September 1866 |  |
| Eduard von Capelle | Admiral | Marine | 9 January 1918 | — |  |
| Leo von Caprivi | Oberstleutnant | Army | 18 January 1871 | — |  |
| Alois Caracciola-Delbrück | Major | Army | 25 August 1918 | — | — |
| Adolph von Carlowitz | General der Infanterie | Saxon Army | 29 July 1917 | 25 May 1918 |  |
| Walter Caspari | Major | Army | 21 April 1918 | — | — |
| Martin Chales de Beaulieu | Generalleutnant | Army | 5 September 1917 | — |  |
| Siegfried von la Chevallerie | Generalmajor Generalleutnant | Army | 20 January 1918 | 5 October 1918 | — |
| Friedrich Christiansen | Oberleutnant zur See | Naval Aviation | 11 December 1917 | — |  |
| Eberhard von Claer | General der Infanterie | Army | 29 June 1915 | — |  |
| Max Clausius | Major | Army | 15 October 1918 | — | — |
| Erwin von Collani | Major | Army | 7 May 1918 | — | — |
| Alexander Commichau | Major | Army | 21 April 1918 | — | — |
| Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf | General der Infanterie Feldmarschall | Austrian Army | 12 May 1915 | 26 January 1917 |  |
| Richard von Conta | Generalleutnant | Army | 15 October 1916 | 26 March 1918 |  |
| Wilhelm René de l'Homme de Courbière | Oberstleutnant | Army | July 1760 | — |  |
| Elimar von Cranach | Generalmajor | Army | 22 April 1918 | — |  |
| Name | Rank | Branch | Pour le Mérite | Oak Leaves | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudolf Dänner | Generalmajor | Bavarian Army | 26 October 1918 | — | — |
| Viktor Dallmer | Generalleutnant | Army | 26 April 1917 | 8 June 1918 |  |
| Gustav Dammann | Major | Army | 6 November 1918 | — | — |
| Johannes von Dassel | Generalmajor | Army | 25 October 1918 | — | — |
| Carl Degelow | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 9 November 1918 | — | — |
| Berthold von Deimling | General der Infanterie | Army | 28 August 1916 | — |  |
| Dr. Walter von Delius | Major | Army | 20 January 1918 | — | — |
| Friedrich-Wilhelm Dernen | Leutnant | Army | 29 August 1918 | — |  |
| Arnold von Detten | Major | Army | 27 August 1918 | — | — |
| Curt von Dewitz | Major | Army | 22 April 1918 | — | — |
| Carl Dieffenbach | Generalleutnant | Army | 26 April 1917 | — |  |
| Otto Freiherr von Diepenbroick-Grüter | Generalmajor | Army | 13 June 1918 | — | — |
| Wilhelm Arthur von Ditfurth | Major | Army | — | 2 October 1815 |  |
| Wilhelm von Ditfurth | Major | Army | 21 April 1918 | — | — |
| Achmed Djemal-Pascha | Generalleutnant | Ottoman Army | 4 September 1917 | — |  |
| Nikolaus Graf zu Dohna-Schlodien | Korvettenkapitän | Navy | 7 March 1916 | — |  |
| Wilhelm von Dommes | Generalmajor | Army | 8 June 1918 | — | — |
| Georg Dorndorf | Oberstleutnant | Army | 1 April 1918 | — | — |
| Albert Dossenbach | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 11 November 1916 | — | — |
| Eduard Ritter von Dostler | Oberleutnant | Bavarian Army Luftstreitkräfte | 6 August 1917 | — |  |
| Hermann Drechsel | Oberstleutnant | Army | 3 April 1918 | — | — |
| Hermann von Dresler und Scharfenstein | Generalmajor | Army | 8 November 1917 | — |  |
| Hans von Drigalski | Major | Army | 28 March 1918 | — | — |
| Wilhelm von Dücker | Oberstleutnant | Army | 29 August 1918 | — | — |
| Name | Rank | Branch | Pour le Mérite | Oak Leaves | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johannes von Eben | General der Infanterie | Army | 7 October 1916 | 22 September 1917 |  |
| Magnus von Eberhardt | General der Infanterie | Army | 20 May 1917 | 25 April 1918 |  |
| Gottfried Edelbüttel | Oberstleutnant | Army | 12 October 1917 | — | — |
| Franz Freiherr von Edelsheim | Oberstleutnant | Army | 4 October 1918 | — | — |
| Ralph von Egidy | Oberstleutnant | Saxon Army | 31 October 1918 | — | — |
| Oskar von Ehrenthal | General der Infanterie | Saxon Army | 15 June 1917 | — | — |
| Hermann von Eichhorn | Generaloberst | Herr | 18 August 1915 | 28 September 1915 |  |
| Karl von Einem genannt von Rothmaler | Generaloberst | Heer | 16 March 1915 | 17 October 1916 |  |
| Karl d'Elsa | General der Infanterie | Saxon Army | 1 September 1916 | — |  |
| Hugo Elstermann von Elster | Generalleutnant | Army | 22 September 1917 | — | — |
| Otto von Emmich | General der Infanterie | Army | 7 August 1914 | 14 May 1915 |  |
| Siegfried Freiherr von Ende | Generalleutnant | Army | 31 October 1917 | — | — |
| Nikolaus Ritter von Endres | Generalleutnant | Bavarian Army | 17 April 1918 | 4 August 1918 | — |
| Georg von Engelbrechten | Generalleutnant | Army | 8 July 1918 | — |  |
| Gustaf Stanislaus von Engeström | Rittmeister | Swedish Army | December 1813 | — |  |
| Damad Enver-Pascha | Generalleutnant | Ottoman Army | 23 August 1915 | 10 January 1916 |  |
| Franz von Epp | Oberst | Bavarian Army | 29 May 1918 | — | |
| Hans von der Esch | Generalmajor | Army | 13 October 1918 | — | — |
| Friedrich Freiherr von Esebeck | Oberstleutnant | Army | 3 April 1918 | — | — |
| Ludwig von Estorff | Generalleutnant | Army | 6 September 1917 | — |  |
| Günther von Etzel | Generalmajor Generalleutnant | Army | 4 August 1917 | 25 October 1918 | — |
| Siegfried Graf zu Eulenburg-Wicken | Major | Army | 27 August 1917 | 4 September 1918 | — |
| Name | Rank | Branch | Pour le Mérite | Oak Leaves | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max von Fabeck | General der Infanterie | Army | 23 August 1915 | — |  |
| Alexander von Falkenhausen | Major | Army | 7 May 1918 | — |  |
| Ludwig von Falkenhausen | Generaloberst | Army | 23 August 1915 | 15 April 1916 |  |
| Erich von Falkenhayn | General der Infanterie | Army | 16 February 1915 | 3 June 1915 |  |
| Eugen von Falkenhayn | General der Kavallerie | Army | 28 August 1915 | 13 November 1915 | — |
| Karl von Fasbender | General der Infanterie | Bavarian Army | 13 September 1916 | — |  |
| Wilhelm Faupel | Oberstleutnant | Army | 18 June 1918 | August 1918 |  |
| Carlo Filangieri | Lieutenant General | Neapolitan Army | 19 March 1850 | — |  |
| Bernhard Graf Finck von Finckenstein | Generalmajor | Army | 9 April 1918 | — | — |
| Kurt Fischer | Oberstleutnant | Army | 4 November 1917 | — | — |
| Udo von Fischer | Oberst | Army | 30 June 1918 | — | — |
| Paul Fleck | Generalleutnant | Army | 16 March 1915 | — |  |
| Sigismund von Foerster | Major | Army | 28 May 1901 | — | — |
| Dr. Walther Forstmann | Kapitänleutnant | Navy | 12 August 1916 | — | — |
| Ernst Freiherr von Forstner | Oberstleutnant | Army | 31 October 1917 | 17 June 1918 |  |
| Ernst Frahnert | Major | Army | 14 November 1917 | — | — |
| Hermann von François | General der Infanterie | Army | 14 May 1915 | 27 July 1917 |  |
| Adolf Franke | General der Artillerie | Army | 18 October 1918 | — |  |
| Hans-Heydan von Frankenberg und Ludwigsdorf | Major | Army | 5 July 1918 | — | — |
| Wilhelm Frankl | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 12 August 1916 | — |  |
| Eduard von Fransecky | Generalleutnant General der Infanterie | Army | 20 September 1866 | 5 February 1871 |  |
| Rudolf Frantz | Major | Army | 25 July 1917 | — | — |
| Erich Freyer | Generalleutnant | Army | 17 April 1918 | — | — |
| Karl von Freyhold | Hauptmann | Army | 14 June 1918 | — | — |
| Hermann Fricke | Oberleutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 23 December 1917 | — | — |
| Friedrich von Friedeburg | Generalleutnant | Army | 20 September 1918 | — | — |
| Karl Friederici | Major | Heer | 30 June 1918 | — | — |
| Albert von Fritsch | Generalleutnant | Württembergian Army | 3 September 1918 | — | — |
| Lothar Fritsch | Major | Army | 6 May 1918 | — | — |
| Georg Frotscher | Oberst | Saxon Army | 5 May 1918 | — | — |
| Georg Fuchs | Generalleutnant | Army | 18 August 1917 | — |  |
| Friedrich Wilhelm von Funck | Major Oberst | Army | 18 October 1812 | 3 November 1815 | — |
| Name | Rank | Branch | Pour le Mérite | Oak Leaves | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur von Gabain | Generalmajor | Army | 8 November 1917 | 17 April 1918 |  |
| Otto Gabcke | Hauptmann | Army | 1 September 1918 | — | — |
| Hans Emil Alexander Gaede | General der Infanterie | Army | 25 August 1915 | — |  |
| Erich Gaertner | Major | Army | 8 November 1918 | — | — |
| Max von Gallwitz | General der Artillerie | Army | 24 July 1915 | 28 September 1915 |  |
| Otto von Garnier | Generalleutnant | Army | 12 October 1916 | — |  |
| Georg Freiherr von Gayl | General der Infanterie | Army | 8 May 1918 | — |  |
| Wilhelm von Gazen | Hauptmann | Army | 24 November 1917 | — | — |
| Ludwig Freiherr von Gebsattel | General der Kavallerie | Bavarian Army | 4 October 1916 | — |  |
| Carl Siegfried Ritter von Georg | Kapitänleutnant | Navy | 24 April 1918 | — |  |
| Ulrich von Germar | Major | Army | 22 April 1918 | — | — |
| Friedrich von Gerok | General der Infanterie | Württembergian Army | 7 July 1915 | — |  |
| Daniel Gerth | Oberleutnant | Army | 11 October 1918 | — |  |
| Adolf von Glümer | Generalleutnant | Army | 5 February 1871 | — |  |
| Wilhelm Graf von Gluszewski-Kwilecki | Oberstleutnant | Army | 24 November 1917 | — | — |
| August Karl von Goeben | Generalmajor Generalleutnant | Army | 3 July 1864 | 20 September 1866 |  |
| Hermann Göring | Oberleutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 2 June 1918 | — |  |
| Wilhelm von Goerne | Oberstleutnant Oberst | Army | 20 May 1917 | 30 August 1918 | — |
| Martin Goesch | Hauptmann | Army | 21 April 1918 | — | — |
| Georg von Götz | Major | Army | 17 October 1918 | — | — |
| August von Goetzen | Oberstleutnant | Army | 11 September 1916 | — | — |
| Rüdiger von der Goltz | Generalmajor | Army | 15 May 1918 | — |  |
| Leopold Gondrecourt | Generalmajor | Austrian Army | 18 August 1864 | — |  |
| Friedrich von Gontard | Generalleutnant | Army | 9 April 1918 | 4 August 1918 |  |
| Heinrich Gontermann | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 14 May 1917 | — |  |
| Konrad von Goßler | General der Infanterie | Army | 10 August 1916 | — |  |
| Wolff von Graeffendorff | Hauptmann | Army | 24 November 1917 | — |  |
| Wilhelm Edler von Graeve | Hauptmann | Army | 8 November 1918 | — | — |
| Kurt von Greiff | Major | Württembergian Army | 9 June 1918 | — | — |
| Robert Ritter von Greim | Oberleutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 8 October 1918 | — |  |
| Wilhelm Griebsch | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 30 September 1918 | — | — |
| Wilhelm von Groddeck | Generalmajor | Army | 9 April 1918 | — | — |
| Wilhelm Groener | Generalmajor | Württembergian Army | 11 September 1915 | — |  |
| Hans von Gronau | General der Artillerie | Army | 4 October 1916 | 6 August 1918 |  |
| Jürgen von Grone | Oberleutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 13 October 1918 | — | — |
| Theodor Groppe | Hauptmann | Army | 6 November 1918 | — | — |
| Hans von Grothe | Oberstleutnant | Army | 2 November 1918 | — | — |
| Paul Grünert | Generalleutnant | Army | 3 May 1918 | — | — |
| Ernst Gruson | Major | Army | 6 July 1918 | — | — |
| Erich Gudowius | Major | Army | 4 August 1918 | — | — |
| Erich von Gündell | General der Infanterie | Army | 28 August 1916 | — |  |
| Hans von Guretzky-Cornitz | General der Infanterie | Army | 9 March 1916 | — | — |
| Name | Rank | Branch | Pour le Mérite | Oak Leaves | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friedrich Ritter von Haack | Oberstleutnant | Bavarian Army | 8 August 1918 | — | — |
| Wilhelm von Haasy | Oberst | Bavarian Army | 10 June 1918 | — |  |
| Hans Christoph Friedrich Graf von Hacke | Oberst | Army | June 1740 | — |  |
| Heinrich Freiherr von Hadeln | Major | Army | 26 August 1917 | — | — |
| Siegfried Haenicke | Hauptmann | Army | 14 June 1918 | — | — |
| Gottlieb von Haeseler | Major Generalfeldmarschall | Army | 19 January 1873 | 22 March 1915 |  |
| Wilhelm Hagedorn | Major | Army | 30 July 1917 | — | — |
| Karl von Hagen | Major | Army | 8 April 1918 | — | — |
| Dr. Oskar von Hahnke | Oberstleutnant | Army | 8 October 1918 | — | — |
| Karl Georg Albrecht Ernst von Hake | Sekondeleutnant Generalmajor | Army | 17 September 1793 | 3 April 1814 |  |
| Ernst Hammacher | Major | Army | 31 October 1918 | — | — |
| Rudolph Hammer | Generalmajor | Saxon Army | 24 November 1917 | — | — |
| Fritjof Freiherr von Hammerstein-Gesmold | Oberstleutnant | Army | 1 November 1918 | — | — |
| Hans Freiherr von Hammerstein-Gesmold | Generalmajor | Army | 6 November 1918 | — | — |
| Karl Hansen | Hauptmann | Army | 8 November 1918 | — | — |
| Georg von Harder | Major | Army | 25 August 1918 | — | — |
| Gottfried Ludwig Matthias von Hartmann | Oberstleutnant | Prussian Army | September 1792 | — | |
| Jakob von Hartmann | General der Infantrie | Bavarian Army | 1 March 1872 | — |  |
| Kurt Hartwig | Kapitänleutnant | Navy | 3 October 1918 | — | — |
| Otto Hasse | Oberstleutnant | Army | 23 December 1917 | 12 May 1918 |  |
| Hans-Joachim Haupt | Hauptmann | Army | 16 March 1916 | — |  |
| Wilhelm Haupt | Major | Army | 18 August 1918 | — | — |
| Ludwig Hauß | Oberstleutnant | Army | 11 September 1918 | — | — |
| Walter von Haxthausen | Generalmajor | Army | 13 June 1918 | — | — |
| Josias von Heeringen | Generaloberst | Army | 25 August 1915 | 25 August 1916 |  |
| Heino von Heimburg | Oberleutnant zur See | Navy | 11 August 1917 | — |  |
| Oskar Heinicke | Korvettenkapitän | Navy | 5 March 1918 | — | — |
| Franz Heinrigs | Major | Army | 8 November 1917 | — | — |
| Siegfried von Held | Generalmajor | Army | 7 November 1918 | — | — |
| Emil Hell | Oberst | Army | 21 September 1916 | 11 January 1917 |  |
| Hans Ritter von Hemmer | Oberstleutnant | Bavarian Army | 25 July 1917 | — | — |
| Richard Hentsch | Oberst | Saxon Army | 23 September 1917 | — |  |
| Ferdinand Herold | Major | Army | 8 October 1917 | — | — |
| Adolf Herrgott | Oberst | Bavarian Army | 4 August 1918 | — | — |
| Otto Hersing | Kapitänleutnant | Navy | 5 June 1915 | — |  |
| Friedrich Wilhelm von Hetzberg | General der Kavallerie | Army | 4 November 1918 | — | — |
| Hans Hesse | Oberst | Army | 11 December 1916 | — | — |
| Prince Louis of Hesse | Generalleutnant | Army | 18 February 1871 | — |  |
| Albert Heuck | Major | Army | 28 October 1918 | — |  |
| Wilhelm Heye | Oberst | Army | 20 August 1916 | 3 April 1918 |  |
| Hubert Heym | Major | Army | 9 April 1918 | — | — |
| Hans von Heynitz | Oberst | Army | 3 December 1917 | — | — |
| Robert Hieronymus | Leutnant | Army | 23 June 1918 | — | — |
| Paul von Hindenburg | Generaloberst Generalfeldmarschall | Army | 8 September 1914 | 23 February 1915 |  |
| Franz von Hipper | Vizeadmiral | Navy | 5 June 1916 | — |  |
| Karl Friedrich Bernhard Hellmuth von Hobe | Generalmajor | Army | — | 31 May 1814 | — |
| Karl Hoefer | Oberst Generalmajor | Army | 23 July 1916 | 14 April 1918 |  |
| Walter Höhndorf | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 20 July 1916 | — |  |
| Ernst von Hoeppner | Generalleutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 8 April 1917 | — |  |
| Eberhard von Hofacker | Generalleutnant | Württembergian Army | 26 April 1917 | 24 November 1917 |  |
| Max Hoffmann | Oberst | Army | 7 October 1916 | 25 July 1917 |  |
| Heinrich von Hofmann | Generalmajor Generalleutnant | Army | 12 November 1917 | 18 September 1918 | — |
| Max Hofmann | Generalleutnant General der Infanterie | Army | 28 August 1915 | 5 July 1918 | — |
| Ernst von Hohnhorst | Oberstleutnant | Army | 6 May 1918 | — | — |
| Henning von Holtzendorff | Admiral | Navy | 22 March 1917 | 1 February 1918 |  |
| Erich Homburg | Oberleutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 13 October 1918 | — | — |
| Hans-Georg Horn | Oberleutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 23 December 1917 | — | — |
| Heinrich Wilhelm von Horn | Premierleutnant Generalmajor | Army | 6 June 1794 | 8 December 1813 |  |
| Rudolf von Horn | Generalmajor | Army | 21 September 1918 | — | — |
| Hans Howaldt | Oberleutnant zur See | Navy | 26 December 1917 | — |  |
| Otto Freiherr von Hügel | General der Infanterie | Württembergian Army | 28 August 1916 | — |  |
| Walter von Hülsen | Generalleutnant | Army | 9 April 1918 | — | — |
| Wilhelm Humser | Major | Army | 16 May 1918 | — | — |
| Paul Hundius | Kapitänleutnant | Navy | 18 August 1918 | — | — |
| Wilhelm Hundrich | Oberst | Army | 23 April 1918 | — | — |
| Friedrich Franz von Huth | Oberstleutnant | Army | 31 January 1918 | — |  |
| Oskar von Hutier | General der Infanterie | Heer | 6 September 1917 | 23 March 1918 |  |
| Name | Rank | Branch | Pour le Mérite | Oak Leaves | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emil Ilse | Generalleutmant | Army | 28 August 1916 | — | — |
| Max Immelmann | Leutnant | Saxon Army Luftstreitkräfte | 12 January 1916 | — |  |
| Name | Rank | Branch | Pour le Mérite | Oak Leaves | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albano von Jacobi | General der Infanterie | Army | 12 April 1917 | — | — |
| Josef Jacobs | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 18 July 1918 | — |  |
| Friedrich Wilhelm von Jagow | Generalmajor | Army | — | 2 October 1815 |  |
| Georg Johow | Oberst | Army | 21 September 1916 | — | — |
| Edgar Josenhanß | Oberleutnant | Württembergian Army Luftstreitkräfte | 28 October 1918 | — | — |
| Ernst Jünger | Leutnant | Army | 18 September 1918 | — |  |
| Andreas Franz von Jutrzenka | Fähnrich | Army | 28 November 1793 | — | — |
| Name | Rank | Branch | Pour le Mérite | Oak Leaves | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernst Kabisch | Generalmajor | Army | 9 October 1918 | — | — |
| Ernst Kaether | Oberstleutnant | Army | 8 November 1918 | — | — |
| Hans-Heinrich von Kahlden | Major | Army | 6 November 1918 | — | — |
| Konrad Kalau vom Hofe | Hauptmann | Army | 23 July 1916 | — | — |
| Georg von Kameke | Generalmajor Generalleutnant | Army | 20 September 1866 | 2 January 1871 |  |
| Hugo von Kathen | General der Infanterie | Army | 28 August 1916 | 27 August 1917 |  |
| Georg Kaulbach | Oberst | Army | 2 June 1918 | — | — |
| Wilhelm Kaupert | Generalmajor | Army | 29 October 1918 | — | — |
| Karl von Keiser | Major | Army | 24 November 1917 | — | — |
| Richard von Keiser | Oberstleutnant | Army | 21 April 1918 | — | — |
| Alfred Keller | Hauptmann | Luftstreitkräfte | 4 December 1917 | — |  |
| Viktor Keller | Oberstleutnant | Army | 27 March 1918 | — | — |
| Erich Kewisch | Major | Army | 4 August 1918 | — | — |
| Christoph Ritter von Kiefhaber | Generalleutnant | Bavarian Army | 24 November 1917 | — | — |
| Paul Kienitz | Oberstleutnant | Army | 16 July 1918 | — | — |
| Karl von Kietzell | Major | Army | 5 July 1918 | — | — |
| Günther Graf von Kirchbach | Generaloberst | Army | 27 October 1917 | — |  |
| Hans von Kirchbach | General der Artillerie | Saxon Army | 11 August 1916 | — |  |
| Hugo von Kirchbach | Generalleutnant General der Infanterie | Army | 20 September 1866 | 18 February 1871 |  |
| Heinrich Kirchheim | Hauptmann | Army | 13 October 1918 | — |  |
| Hans Kirschstein | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 24 June 1918 | — | — |
| Otto Kissenberth | Oberleutnant | Bavarian Army Luftstreitkräfte | 30 June 1918 | — |  |
| Hans Klein | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 4 December 1917 | — | — |
| Rudolf Kleine | Hauptmann | Luftstreitkräfte | 4 October 1917 | — |  |
| Alfred von Kleist | Generalleutnant | Army | 8 October 1918 | — | — |
| Paul Klette | Major | Army | 21 April 1918 | — | — |
| Willi von Klewitz | Oberstleutnant | Army | 6 August 1917 | 26 August 1918 | — |
| Hans Kloebe | Major | Army | 20 January 1918 | — |  |
| Alexander von Kluck | Generaloberst | Army | 28 March 1915 | — |  |
| Robert von Klüber | Major | Army | 14 June 1917 | — | — |
| Kurt von Klüfer | Major | Army | 21 April 1918 | — | — |
| Karl Friedrich von dem Knesebeck | Major Generalmajor | Army | 8 April 1807 | 19 October 1813 |  |
| Paul Ritter von Kneußl | Generalleutnant | Bavarian Army | 3 June 1915 | 11 January 1917 |  |
| Maximilian von Knoch | Major | Army | 15 August 1918 | — | — |
| Otto Koch | Major | Army | 21 April 1918 | — | — |
| Hermann Köhl | Hauptmann | Württembergian Army Luftstreitkräfte | 21 May 1918 | — |  |
| Armin Koenemann | Generalmajor | Army | 28 November 1917 | — | — |
| Götz Freiherr von König | General der Kavallerie | Army | 23 July 1915 | — | — |
| Otto Könnecke | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 26 September 1918 | — | — |
| Hermann Baron Kövess von Kövesshaza | General der Infanterie Feldmarschall | Austrian Army | 4 December 1915 | 26 March 1918 |  |
| Waldemar Kophamel | Korvettenkapitän | Navy | 29 December 1917 | — | — |
| Robert Kosch | Generalleutnant | Army | 20 February 1915 | 27 November 1915 |  |
| Konrad Kraehe | Oberstleutnant Oberst | Army | 8 October 1917 | 15 August 1918 | — |
| Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen | Generalleutnant | Bavarian Army | 7 September 1916 | 11 December 1916 |  |
| Georg von Kranold | Major | Army | 1 September 1918 | — | — |
| Paul Krause | Oberst | Army | 1 April 1918 | — | — |
| Alfred Krauss | General der Infanterie | Austrian Army | 12 November 1917 | — |  |
| Erich Krebs | Major | Army | 23 December 1917 | — | — |
| Fritz Theodor Kremkow | Hauptmann | Army | 27 November 1900 | — | — |
| Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein | Oberst | Bavarian Army | 4 September 1917 | — |  |
| Ernst-Karl von Kretschmann | Major | Army | 8 June 1918 | — | — |
| Eduard Kreuter | Generalmajor | Army | 14 October 1918 | — | — |
| Friedrich von Kriegsheim | Major | Army | 28 March 1918 | — | — |
| Heinrich Kroll | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 29 March 1918 | — |  |
| Hans Krug von Nidda | General der Kavallerie | Saxon Army | 7 October 1918 | — | — |
| Boleslaus von Kuczkowski | Major | Army | 24 November 1917 | — | — |
| Kurt Kühme | Hauptmann | Army | 30 August 1918 | — | — |
| Viktor Kühne | Generalleutnant | Army | 11 December 1916 | — |  |
| Dr. Hermann von Kuhl | Generalleutnant | Army | 28 August 1916 | 20 December 1916 |  |
| Ferdinand von Kummer | Generalmajor Generalleutnant | Army | 20 September 1866 | 12 January 1871 |  |
| Friedrich Kundt | Generalmajor | Army | 12 October 1918 | — | — |
| Name | Rank | Branch | Pour le Mérite | Oak Leaves | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maximilian von Laffert | General der Kavallerie | Saxon Army | 1 September 1916 | — |  |
| Otto Lancelle | Hauptmann | Army | 9 October 1918 | — | — |
| Rudolf Lange | Major | Army | 21 July 1918 | — | — |
| Felix Langer | Generalmajor Generalleutnant | Army | 8 October 1917 | 7 November 1918 | — |
| Julius von Langsdorff | Major | Army | 22 April 1918 | — | — |
| Wilhelm von Lans | Korvettenkapitän | Navy | 25 June 1900 | — | — |
| Alfred von Larisch | General der Infanterie | Army | 25 August 1918 | — |  |
| Arthur Laumann | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 25 October 1918 | — | — |
| Leopold Freiherr von Ledebur | Oberst | Army | 29 August 1918 | — | — |
| Gustav Leffers | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 5 November 1916 | — | — |
| Hermann Ritter von Lenz | Oberstleutnant | Bavarian Army | 10 April 1918 | — | — |
| Leo Leonhardy | Hauptmann | Luftstreitkräfte | 2 October 1918 | — | — |
| Arnold Lequis | Generalmajor | Army | 11 October 1917 | 5 December 1917 |  |
| Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck | Oberst | Army Schutztruppe | 4 November 1916 | 10 October 1917 |  |
| Magnus von Levetzow | Kapitän zur See | Navy | 31 October 1917 | — |  |
| Karl von Lewinski | Generalmajor | Army | 2 May 1915 | — | — |
| Eduard von Liebert | General der Infanterie | Army | 6 June 1917 | — |  |
| Hermann von der Lieth-Thomsen | Oberstleutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 8 April 1917 | — | — |
| Otto Liman von Sanders | General der Kavallerie | Army | 23 August 1915 | 10 January 1916 |  |
| Wilhelm Lincke | Major | Army | 12 May 1917 | — | — |
| Otto von der Linde | Leutnant | Army | 18 September 1914 | — |  |
| Arthur von Lindequist | Generalleutnant | Army | 23 December 1917 | 7 November 1918 | — |
| Alexander von Linsingen | General der Infanterie | Army | 14 May 1915 | 3 July 1915 |  |
| Karl Litzmann | Generalleutnant General der Infanterie | Army | 29 November 1914 | 18 August 1915 |  |
| Ewald von Lochow | General der Infanterie | Army | 14 January 1915 | 13 November 1915 |  |
| Robert Loeb | Generalleutnant | Army | 17 June 1918 | — | — |
| Gerhard von Löbbecke | Major | Army | 7 September 1918 | — | — |
| Eckhard von Loeben | Oberstleutnant | Army | 30 September 1918 | — | — |
| Bruno Loerzer | Oberleutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 12 February 1918 | — |  |
| Erich Löwenhardt | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 31 May 1918 | — |  |
| Johannes Lohs | Oberleutnant zur See | Navy | 24 April 1918 | — | — |
| Friedrich Karl von Loßberg | Oberst | Army | 21 September 1916 | 24 April 1917 |  |
| Friedrich von Luck und Witten | Oberst | Army | 29 August 1918 | — | — |
| Erich Ludendorff | Generalmajor Generalleutnant | Army | 8 August 1914 | 23 February 1915 |  |
| Max Ludwig | Oberstleutnant | Army | 5 July 1918 | — |  |
| Rudolf Lüters | Hauptmann | Army | 30 September 1918 | — | — |
| Arthur Freiherr von Lüttwitz | Generalmajor | Army | 8 November 1917 | — |  |
| Walther von Lüttwitz | Generalleutnant | Army | 24 August 1916 | 26 March 1918 |  |
| Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow | Leutnant Oberstleutnant | Army | 21 April 1807 | 2 October 1815 |  |
| Kurt Freiherr von Lupin | Oberstleutnant | Württembergian Army | 26 March 1918 | — | — |
| Moriz von Lyncker | General der Infanterie | Army | 2 November 1917 | — |  |
| Name | Rank | Branch | Pour le Mérite | Oak Leaves | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August von Mackensen | General der Kavallerie Generaloberst | Army | 27 November 1914 | 14 June 1915 |  |
| Georg Maercker | Generalmajor | Army | 1 October 1917 | 3 May 1918 |  |
| Franz Graf von Magnis | Oberstleutnant | Army | 4 September 1918 | — | — |
| Joseph Maximilian von Maillinger | Generalleutnant | Bavarian Army | 19 January 1873 | — |  |
| Albrecht Gustav von Manstein | Generalleutnant | Army | 20 September 1866 | — |  |
| Edwin von Manteuffel | Generalleutnant General der Kavallerie | Army | 7 August 1866 | 24 December 1870 |  |
| Heinrich von Manteuffel | Major | Army | 21 June 1742 | — |  |
| Hans Markmann | Leutnant | Army | 12 February 1918 | — | — |
| Gottfried Marquard | Oberst | Army | 27 September 1916 | — | — |
| Wilhelm Marschall | Kapitänleutnant | Navy | 4 July 1918 | — |  |
| Wolfgang von Marschall Freiherr von Altengottern | General der Kavallerie | Army | 21 September 1916 | 16 May 1918 |  |
| Georg von der Marwitz | General der Kavallerie | Army | 7 March 1915 | 14 May 1915 | — |
| Robert Mattiaß | Major | Army | 4 August 1918 | — | — |
| Willi Matthias | Generalmajor | Army | 22 November 1917 | — | — |
| Dr. Heinrich von Maur | Generalmajor | Württembergian Army | 20 May 1917 | — |  |
| Wilhelm Meckel | Generalmajor | Army | 26 August 1917 | — | — |
| Duke William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | Generalmajor | Army | 17 September 1866 | — |  |
| Johann Meister | Major | Saxon Army Schutztruppe | 2 November 1905 | — | — |
| Hans-Joachim von Mellenthin | Kapitänleutnant | Navy | 25 February 1918 | — | — |
| Albert von Memerty | Generalmajor | Army | 28 February 1871 | — |  |
| Carl Menckhoff | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 23 April 1918 | — |  |
| Carl Merkel | Oberstleutnant | Army | 3 May 1918 | — | — |
| Max von Mertens | Hauptmann | Army | 11 September 1918 | — | — |
| Hermann Ritter Mertz von Quirnheim | Oberstleutnant | Bavarianian Army | 28 March 1918 | — |  |
| Horst von Metzsch | Oberstleutnant | Saxon Army | 7 October 1918 | — | — |
| Emil Berthold Meyer | Hauptmann | Army | 8 November 1918 | — | — |
| Friedrich von Miaskowski | Major | Army | 21 April 1918 | — | — |
| Andreas Michelsen | Kapitän zur See | Navy | 31 May 1918 | — | — |
| Leopold Milisch | Major | Army | 25 October 1918 | — | — |
| Arnold Ritter von Möhl | Generalmajor | Bavarian Army | 9 October 1918 | — | — |
| Richard Moeller | Major | Army | 20 May 1917 | — | — |
| Karl Friedrich von Moller | Major | Army | 2 October 1756 | — | — |
| Helmuth von Moltke the Elder | Kapitain General der Infanterie | Army | 29 November 1839 | 17 February 1871 |  |
| Helmuth von Moltke the Younger | Generaloberst | Army | 7 August 1915 | — |  |
| Dr. Robert Morath | Kapitänleutnant | Navy | 7 November 1917 | — |  |
| Kurt von Morgen | Generalleutnant | Army | 1 December 1914 | 11 December 1916 |  |
| Engelbert von Morsbach | Major | Army | 5 July 1918 | — | — |
| Otto von Moser | Generalleutnant | Wüttembergian Army | 26 April 1917 | — |  |
| Axel Otto Mörner | Colonel | Swedish Army | 11 February 1814 | — |  |
| Bruno von Mudra | General der Infanterie | Army | 13 January 1915 | 17 October 1916 |  |
| Georg Mühry | Generalmajor | Arny | 25 October 1918 | — | — |
| Ferdinand Müller | Major | Army | 15 August 1918 | — | — |
| Georg Alexander von Müller | Admiral | Navy | 24 March 1918 | — |  |
| Karl von Müller | Kapitän zur See | Navy | 19 March 1918 | — |  |
| Max Ritter von Müller | Leutnant | Bavarian Army Luftstreitkräfte | 3 September 1917 | — |  |
| Otto Müller | Major | Army | 17 September 1918 | — | — |
| Rudolf Müller | Major | Army | 15 August 1918 | — | — |
| Albert Müller-Kahle | Oberleutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 13 October 1918 | — | — |
| Max Ritter von Mulzer | Leutnant | Bavarian Army Luftstreitkräfte | 8 July 1916 | — |  |
| Albert von Mutius | Generalleutnant | Army | 4 September 1918 | — | — |
| Hugo Eberhard zu Münster-Meinhövel | Generalleutnant | Army | 20 September 1866 |  | |
| Name | Rank | Branch | Pour le Mérite | Oak Leaves | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulrich Neckel | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 8 November 1918 | — | — |
| Carl Nehbel | Generalmajor | Army | 30 September 1918 | — | — |
| Karl August Nerger | Fregattenkapitän | Navy | 24 February 1918 | — |  |
| Friedrich Nielebock | Leutnant | Army | 2 June 1918 | — | — |
| Maresuke Nogi | General | Japanese Army | 10 January 1905 | — |  |
| Name | Rank | Branch | Pour le Mérite | Oak Leaves | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugo von Obernitz | Oberst | Army | 13 September 1866 | — |  |
| Curt von Oesterreich | Hauptmann | Army | 5 June 1918 | — | — |
| Archduke Eugen of Austria | Generaloberst Feldmarschall | Austrian Army | 23 May 1916 | 3 November 1917 |  |
| Franz Joseph I of Austria | Feldmarschall | Austrian Army | 27 August 1914 | 27 August 1914 |  |
| Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen | Feldmarschall | Austrian Army | 12 May 1915 | 4 January 1917 |  |
| Archduke Joseph August of Austria | Generaloberst Feldmarschall | Austrian Army | 30 March 1917 | 26 March 1918 |  |
| Charles I of Austria | Feldmarschall | Austrian Army | 20 May 1916 | 6 December 1916 |  |
| Horst Ritter und Edler von Oetinger | Generalleutnant | Army | 26 March 1918 | — | — |
| Erich Freiherr von Oldershausen | Oberst | Saxon Army | 23 December 1917 | 26 March 1918 | — |
| Martin Freiherr von Oldershausen | Oberst | Saxon Army | 20 May 1917 | — | — |
| Gustav von Oppen | Oberst | Army | 1 November 1918 | — | — |
| Wilhelm Osiander | Major | Army | 6 November 1918 | — | — |
| Theodor Osterkamp | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 2 September 1918 | — |  |
| Martin Otto | Major | Army | 15 August 1918 | — | — |
| Adolf von Oven | General der Infanterie | Army | 22 September 1918 | — | — |
| Ernst von Oven | Generalleutnant | Army | 25 October 1918 | — |  |
| Georg von Oven | Oberstleutnant | Army | 12 October 1917 | — | — |
| Name | Rank | Branch | Pour le Mérite | Oak Leaves | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leo von Paczynski-Tenczin | Oberst | Army | 25 November 1917 | — | — |
| Günther von Pannewitz | General der Infanterie | Army | 13 September 1916 | — |  |
| Alexander August Wilhelm von Pape | Oberst Generalleutnant | Army | 17 September 1866 | 22 March 1872 |  |
| Otto Parschau | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 10 July 1916 | — |  |
| Karl Paulus | Oberst | Bavarian Army | 13 October 1918 | — | — |
| Richard von Pawelfz | Oberstleutnant | Army | 23 December 1917 | — |  |
| Paul Freiherr von Pechmann | Oberleutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 31 July 1917 | — | — |
| Peter von Pennavaire | Oberst | Army | June 1747 | — | — |
| Axel von Petersdorff | Generalmajor | Army | 22 April 1918 | — | — |
| Hans Petri | Major | Army | 28 October 1918 | — | — |
| Wilhelm Pfaehler | Major | Army | 9 October 1918 | — | — |
| Clemens Pfafferott | Major | Army | 30 October 1918 | — | — |
| Georg Friedrich Wilhelm von Pfeilitzer gen. Franck | Leutnant | Army | October/November 1787 | — | — |
| Benno Pflugradt | Major | Army | 3 November 1918 | — | — |
| Ernst von Pfuel | Oberst Generalmajor | Army | 28 December 1814 | 31 December 1831 |  |
| Ernst Ludwig von Pfuel | Major | Army | 1760 | — | — |
| Franz Wilhelm von Pfuel | Generalmajor | Heer | [1] | — | — |
| Karl Ludwig von Pfuel | Major | Army | 1793 | — |  |
| Arthur Pikardi | Major | Army | 6 July 1918 | — | — |
| Friedrich von Pirscher | Major | Army | 5 May 1918 | — | — |
| Horst Edler von der Planitz | General der Infanterie | Bavarian Army | 20 May 1917 | — | — |
| Axel von Platen | Major | Army | 21 April 1918 | — | — |
| Otto Plath | Hauptmann | Army | 27 August 1918 | — | — |
| Karl von Plehwe | Major | Army | 21 April 1918 | — | — |
| Hans von Plessen | Generaloberst | Army | 24 March 1918 | — |  |
| Karl von Plettenberg | General der Infanterie | Army | 14 May 1915 | September 1915 |  |
| Otto von Plüskow | General der Infanterie | Army | 11 May 1917 | — |  |
| Theophil von Podbielski | Generalmajor Generalleutnant | Army | 18 September 1866 | 5 March 1871 |  |
| Georg Pohlmann | Generalmajor | Army | 4 October 1918 | — | — |
| Rudolph Popelka | Oberst | Austrian Army | 11 October 1918 | — | — |
| Karl Ritter von Prager | Major | Bavarian Army | 23 December 1917 | — | — |
| Ludwig Freiherr von Preuschen von und zu Liebenstein | Hauptmann | Army | 17 June 1918 | — | — |
| Hans Preusker | Oberstleutnant | Army | 27 July 1917 | — | — |
| Prince Albert of Prussia | General der Kavallerie | Army | 31 July 1866 | 31 December 1870 |  |
| Prince Albert of Prussia | Generalmajor Generalleutnant | Army | 19 September 1866 | 10 March 1871 |  |
| Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia | Oberst | Army | 22 March 1915 | 14 May 1915 |  |
| Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia | Hauptmann General der Kavallerie | Army | 16 September 1848 | 27 February 1864 |  |
| Prince Heinrich of Prussia | Großadmiral | Navy | 1 August 1916 | 24 January 1918 |  |
| Frederick William, German Crown Prince | General der Infanterie Generalfeldmarschall | Army | 29 June 1866 | 3 August 1866 2 September 1873 |  |
| William, German Crown Prince | Generalleutnant | Army | 22 August 1915 | 8 September 1916 |  |
| William I of Prussia, German Emperor | General der Infanterie Generaloberst | Army | 27 July 1849 | 4 August 1866 |  |
| William II of Prussia, German Emperor | Generalfeldmarschall | Army | 15 February 1915 | 12 May 1915 |  |
| Wilhelm Preusser | Hauptmann | Army | 6 July 1918 | — | — |
| Kurt Freiherr von Buchau | Generalmajor | Army | 11 May 1918 | — | — |
| Joachim Bernhard von Prittwitz [2] | Leutnant | Army | 25 August 1758 | — |  |
| Kurt von Pritzelwitz | General der Infanterie | Army | 12 January 1916 | — |  |
| Fritz Pütter | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 31 May 1918 | — |  |
| Wilhelm von Puttkamer | Generalleutnant | Army | 26 October 1918 | — | — |
| Name | Rank | Branch | Pour le Mérite | Oak Leaves | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferdinand von Quast | General der Infanterie | Army | 11 August 1916 | 10 April 1918 |  |
| Kurt Moritz von Quednow | Major | Army | 30 August 1918 | — | — |
| Name | Rank | Branch | Pour le Mérite | Oak Leaves | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurt Rackow | Leutnant | Army | 7 June 1916 | — |  |
| Franz de Rainville | Major | Army | 6 November 1918 | — | — |
| Gustav von Rauch | Major Generalmajor | Army | 1 June 1807 | 3 June 1814 |  |
| Otto Ritter von Rauchenberger | Generalleutnant | Bavarian Army | 6 September 1917 | 19 October 1918 |  |
| Johann von Ravenstein | Hauptmann | Army | 23 June 1918 | — |  |
| Armin Reichenbach | Hauptmann | Army | 21 April 1918 | — | — |
| Wilhelm Reinhard | Oberstleutnant Oberst | Army | 27 August 1917 | 1 October 1918 | — |
| Walther Reinhardt | Obestleutnant Oberst | Württembergian Army | 30 April 1917 | 3 June 1918 |  |
| Hermann Reinicke | Oberstleutnant | Army | 8 December 1917 | — | — |
| Maximilian Freiherr von Reitzenstein | Oberst | Army | 8 November 1918 | — | — |
| Theodor Renner | Generalmajor | Army | 1 September 1918 | — | — |
| Karl von Rettberg | Major | Army | 24 November 1917 | — |  |
| Wilhelm Ribbentrop | Generalmajor | Army | 18 September 1918 | — | — |
| Lothar von Richthofen | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 14 May 1917 | — |  |
| Manfred von Richthofen | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 12 January 1917 | — |  |
| Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen | General der Kavallerie | Army | 18 January 1918 | — | — |
| Julius Riemann | General der Infanterie | Army | 16 March 1915 | — |  |
| Peter Rieper | Leutnant | Army | 7 July 1918 | — | — |
| Hans Eberhard von Riesenthal | Oberstleutnant | Army | 22 April 1918 | — | — |
| Siegfried Rodig | Oberst | Army | 21 April 1918 | — | — |
| Dietrich von Roeder | Generalmajor | Army | 17 April 1918 | — | — |
| Carol I of Romania | — | — | 18 December 1877 | — |  |
| Friedrich Ritter von Röth | Oberleutnant | Bavarian Army Luftstreitkräfte | 8 September 1918 | — | — |
| Erwin Rommel | Oberleutnant | Württembergian Army | 10 December 1917 | — |  |
| Albrecht von Roon | Generalfeldmarschall | Army | — |  | |
| Berend Roosen | Major | Army | 9 April 1918 | — |  |
| Hans Rose | Kapitänleutnant | Navy | 20 December 1917 | — |  |
| Hugo von Rosenberg | Fregattenkapitän | Navy | 4 December 1917 | — | — |
| Albrecht Freiherr von Rotberg | Major | Army | 30 June 1918 | — | — |
| Moritz Rothenbücher | Oberstleutnant | Army | 15 August 1918 | — | — |
| Karl Rothenburg | Leutnant | Army | 30 June 1918 | — | — |
| Hermann Rudolph | Oberstleutnant | Army | 25 October 1918 | — | — |
| Otto Ruhnau | Major | Army | 22 April 1918 | — | — |
| Fritz Rümmelein | Leutnant | Army | 28 October 1918 | — | — |
| Fritz Rumey | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 10 July 1918 | — |  |
| Siegfried Runge | Hauptmann | Army | 30 August 1918 | — | — |
| Rudolf Rusche | Generalleutnant | Army | 4 November 1918 | — | — |
| Name | Rank | Branch | Pour le Mérite | Oak Leaves | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karl Gustav von Sandrart | Generalmajor | Army | 16 February 1871 | — | — |
| Gerhard von Scharnhorst | Generalleutnant | Army | 9 February 1807 | — |  |
| Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg | General der Infanterie | Saxon Army | 30 May 1915 | — |  |
| Frederick Augustus III of Saxony | Generalfeldmarschall | Saxon Army | 29 December 1916 | — |  |
| Prince George of Saxony | Generalleutnant Generalfeldmarschall | Saxon Army | 6 December 1870 | 8 March 1896 |  |
| Gotthard Sachsenberg | Oberleutnant zur See | Naval Aviation | 5 August 1918 | — |  |
| Sieghard von Saldern | Hauptmann | Army | 21 May 1918 | — | — |
| Reinhold Saltzwedel | Oberleutnant | Navy | 20 August 1917 | — |  |
| Philipp Sander | Major | Army | 6 May 1918 | — | — |
| Traugott von Sauberzweig | Generalmajor | Army | 6 September 1917 | 23 March 1918 |  |
| Ernst Schaumburg | Hauptmann | Army | 21 April 1918 | — | — |
| Karl-Emil Schäfer | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 26 April 1917 | — |  |
| Reinhard Scheer | Admiral | Navy | 5 June 1916 | 1 February 1918 |  |
| Reinhard von Scheffer-Boyadel | General der Infanterie | Army | 2 December 1914 | — |  |
| Friedrich von Schele | Oberst | Army Schutztruppe | 20 November 1894 | — |  |
| Felix Schelle | Major | Army | 30 June 1918 | — |  |
| Dedo von Schenck | General der Infanterie | Army | 2 October 1916 | — |  |
| Werner Schering | Major | Army | 3 September 1918 | — | — |
| Heinrich Scheuch | Generalmajor | Army | 8 April 1918 | — |  |
| Peter Scheunemann | Oberstleutnant | Army | 1 April 1918 | — | — |
| Ernst Adolph Alphons Freiherr von Schimmelmann | Major | Army | 16 July 1918 | — | — |
| Max-Friedrich von Schlechtendal | Oberst | Army | 27 July 1917 | — |  |
| Eduard Ritter von Schleich | Oberleutnant | Bavarian Army Luftstreitkräfte | 4 December 1917 | — |  |
| Walter Freiherr von Schleinitz | Major | Army | 31 October 1917 | — |  |
| Heinrich Schmedes | Oberstleutnant | Army | 5 October 1918 | — | — |
| Eberhard Graf von Schmettow | Generalleutnant | Army | 11 December 1916 | 4 August 1918 |  |
| Egon Graf von Schmettow | Generalleutnant | Army | 4 November 1917 | — | — |
| Hans Schmid | Oberstleutnant | Army | 27 July 1917 | — | — |
| Konstantin Schmidt von Knobelsdorf | Generalleutnant | Army | 17 October 1915 | 21 August 1916 |  |
| Ehrhard Schmidt | Vizeadmiral | Navy | 31 October 1917 | — | — |
| Johann Ritter von Schmidtler | Major | Bavarian Army | 26 October 1918 | — | — |
| Walther Schnieber | Leutnant | Army | 27 October 1917 | — | — |
| Rudolf Schniewindt | Major | Army | 4 August 1918 | — |  |
| Wilhelm Schniewindt | Major | Army | 21 May 1918 | — | — |
| Emil von Schnizer | Major | Württembergian Army | 27 August 1918 | — | — |
| Alexander von Schoeler | Generalmajor | Army | 20 September 1866 | — |  |
| Roderich von Schoeler | Generalleutnant | Army | 30 June 1918 | — |  |
| Albert Schoen | Major | Army | 25 October 1918 | — | — |
| Ernst von Schönfeldt | Major | Army | 6 November 1918 | — | — |
| Ferdinand Schörner | Leutnant | Bavarian Army | 5 December 1917 | — |  |
| Friedrich von Scholtz | General der Artillerie | Army | 3 September 1915 | — |  |
| Erich Scholtz | Hauptmann | Army | 23 December 1917 | — | — |
| Wilhelm Paul Schreiber | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 29 May 1918 | — |  |
| Ludwig von Schröder | Admiral | Navy | 20 October 1915 | 23 December 1917 |  |
| Richard von Schubert | General der Artillerie | Army | 28 August 1916 | — |  |
| Georg von Schüssler | Generalleutnant | Army | 22 April 1918 | — | — |
| Arnold von Schutter | Oberst | Army | — | 2 October 1815 | — |
| Ernst Schütz | Oberstleutnant | Army | 20 May 1917 | — | — |
| Friedrich Graf von der Schulenburg | Oberst | Army | 24 July 1917 | 23 March 1918 | — |
| Karl Graf von der Schulenburg-Wolfsburg | Oberst | Army | 8 October 1917 | — | — |
| Walter Schulz | Major | Army | 4 October 1918 | — |  |
| Otto Schultze | Kapitänleutnant | Navy | 18 March 1918 | — | — |
| Adolf Schwab | Oberstleutnant | Württembergian Army | 6 November 1918 | — | — |
| Detlof Graf von Schwerin | Oberst | Army | 12 June 1918 | — |  |
| Oskar Schwerk | Oberstleutnant | Army | 21 September 1916 | 2 May 1917 | — |
| Walther Schwieger | Kapitänleutnant | Navy | 30 July 1917 | — |  |
| Hans von Seeckt | Oberst Generalmajor | Army | 14 May 1915 | 27 November 1915 |  |
| Just Friedrich von Seelhorst | Major | Army | 26 November 1917 | — | — |
| Hans Sehmsdorff | Major | Army | 17 October 1918 | — | — |
| Karl Seidel | Hauptmann | Army | 9 October 1918 | — | — |
| Reinhard Seiler | Hauptmann | Army | 31 January 1918 | — | — |
| Fritz von Selle | Oberst | Army | 6 January 1918 | — |  |
| Georg Sick | Oberstleutnant | Army | 20 May 1917 | — | — |
| Ludwig Sieger | Generalleutnant | Army | 27 April 1918 | 3 November 1918 |  |
| Gustav Siess | Kapitänleutnant | Navy | 24 April 1918 | — | — |
| Friedrich Bertram Sixt von Armin | General der Infanterie | Army | 10 August 1916 | 3 August 1917 |  |
| Alfred von Soden | Oberleutnant | Army East Asia Expeditionary Corps | 20 September 1900 | — | — |
| Franz Freiherr von Soden | General der Infanterie | Württembergian Army | 27 July 1917 | — |  |
| George Soldan | Hauptmann | Army | 22 April 1918 | — | — |
| Hans Sottorf | Hauptmann | Army | 1 November 1918 | — | — |
| Wilhelm Souchon | Vizeadmiral | Navy Ottoman Navy | 29 October 1916 | — |  |
| Oskar von Sperling | Generalmajor | Army | 16 September 1866 | - |  |
| Theodor Sproesser | Major | Württembergian Army | 10 December 1917 | — |  |
| Hermann von Staabs | Generalleutnant General der Infanterie | Army | 11 December 1916 | 15 May 1918 |  |
| Markus Stachow | Oberstleutnant | Army | 28 November 1917 | — | — |
| Max Stapff | Major | Army | 23 December 1917 | — | — |
| Hermann von Stein | Generalleutnant General der Artillerie | Army | 1 September 1916 | 8 April 1918 |  |
| Hermann von Stein zu Nord- und Ostheim | Generalleutnant | Bavarian Army | 20 August 1917 | 24 November 1917 |  |
| Adolf Steinwachs | Major | Army | 2 May 1917 | — | — |
| Albrecht Steppuhn | Major | Army | 17 June 1918 | — | — |
| Otto von Stetten | Generalleutnant | Bavarian Army | 22 September 1916 | — |  |
| Wolfgang Steinbauer | Oberleutnant | Navy | 3 March 1918 | — | — |
| Otto Steinbrinck | Oberleutnant | Navy | 29 March 1916 | — |  |
| Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz | Major Generalfeldmarschall | Army | 19 September 1848 | 16 June 1871 |  |
| Karl Friedrich Franciscus von Steinmetz | Hauptmann Generalmajor | Army | 1807 | 1815 |  |
| Anatoly Stessel | Generalleutnant | Russian Army | 10 January 1905 | — |  |
| Kuno von Steuben | General der Infanterie | Army | 13 October 1915 | — |  |
| Otto Stobbe | Major | Army | 6 November 1918 | — | — |
| Julius von Stoeklern zu Grünholzek | Oberstleutnant | Army | 23 June 1918 | — | — |
| Gustav Stoffleth | Hauptmann | Army | 22 January 1918 | — |  |
| Paulus von Stolzmann | Generalmajor | Army | 7 July 1915 | — |  |
| Albrecht Graf von Stosch | Major | Army | 21 October 1918 | — | — |
| Heinrich Strack | Hauptmann | Army | 30 October 1918 | — | — |
| Hermann von Strantz | General der Infanterie | Army | 22 August 1915 | — |  |
| Peter Strasser | Fregattenkapitän | Navy | 20 August 1917 | — |  |
| Edwin von Stülpnagel | Major | Army | 4 August 1918 | — | — |
| Karl von Stumpff | Generalleutnant | Army | 22 April 1918 | — | — |
| Wolff von Stutterheim | Oberstleutnant | Army | 29 August 1918 | — | — |
| Hans von Sydow | Oberstleutnant | Army | 6 January 1918 | — | — |
| Name | Rank | Branch | Pour le Mérite | Oak Leaves | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen | General der Infanterie | Bavarian Army | 22 December 1870 | — |  |
| Gerhard Tappen | Generalmajor | Army | 11 September 1915 | 27 January 1916 |  |
| Friedrich von Taysen | Oberst | Army | 6 January 1918 | — |  |
| Theodor Teetzmann | Generalmajor | Army | 11 October 1917 | — |  |
| Rudolf Teichmann | Hauptmann | Army | 18 May 1918 | — | — |
| Otto Teschner | Oberstleutnant | Army | 22 January 1918 | — |  |
| Wilhelm von Thadden | Oberstleutnant | Army | 8 October 1917 | — | — |
| Albrecht von Thaer | Oberstleutnant | Army | 6 August 1917 | — |  |
| Karl Thom | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 1 November 1918 | — | — |
| Heinrich Ludwig August von Thümen | Major Generalmajor | Army | 15 June 1802 | 21 October 1813 |  |
| Emil Thuy | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 30 June 1918 | — | — |
| Paul Tiede | Generalmajor | Army | 17 April 1918 | 25 October 1918 |  |
| August von Tippelskirch | Hauptmann | Army | 15 October 1918 | — | — |
| Ernst Ludwig von Tippelskirch | Stabskapitän Generalmajor | Army | 17 February 1807 | 18 June 1815 |  |
| Alfred von Tirpitz | Großadmiral | Navy | 10 August 1915 | — |  |
| Georgi Todorov | General der Infanterie | Bulgarian Army | 14 October 1917 | — |  |
| Emil Trebing | Leutnant | Army | 14 April 1918 | — | — |
| Horst Julius Freiherr Treusch von Buttlar-Brandenfels | Kapitänleutnant | Naval Aviation | 9 April 1918 | — |  |
| Walter Trenck | Hauptmann | Army | 15 July 1918 | — | — |
| Joachim Christian von Tresckow | Generalmajor | Army | 10 September 1747 | — | — |
| Karl Alexander Wilhelm von Treskow | Major | Army | 18 October 1812 | — | — |
| Hans von Troilo | Oberstleutnant | Army | 5 July 1918 | — | — |
| Adolf von Trotha | Kapitän zur See | Navy | 5 June 1916 | — |  |
| Lothar von Trotha | Generalleutnant | Army Schutztruppe | 2 November 1905 | — |  |
| Erich von Tschischwitz | Oberst | Army | 9 November 1917 | 23 March 2918 |  |
| Wilhelm von Tümpling | Generalleutnant | Army | 20 September 1866 | — |  |
| Adolf Ritter von Tutschek | Oberleutnant | Bavarian Army Luftstreitkräfte | 3 August 1917 | — |  |
| Ludwig Ritter von Tutschek | Generalmajor | Bavarian Army | 8 December 1917 | — |  |
| Name | Rank | Branch | Pour le Mérite | Oak Leaves | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernst von Uechtritz und Steinkirch | Generalmajor | Army | 21 October 1918 | — | — |
| Ernst Udet | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 9 April 1918 | — |  |
| Umberto, Crown Prince of Italy | Generalmajor | Italian Army | 29 May 1872 | — |  |
| Ernst von Unger | Major | Army | 20 September 1866 | — |  |
| Walter von Unruh | Major | Army | 21 April 1918 | — |  |
| Guido von Usedom | Kapitän zur See Vizeadmiral | Navy | 5 April 1902 | 23 August 1915 |  |
| Name | Rank | Branch | Pour le Mérite | Oak Leaves | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hans Peter von Vaernewyck | Major | Army | 18 September 1918 | — | — |
| Max Valentiner | Kapitänleutnant | Navy | 26 December 1916 | — |  |
| Josef Veltjens | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 16 August 1918 | — |  |
| Maximilian von Versen | Hauptmann | Army | 20 September 1866 | — | — |
| Detlew Vett | Generalleutnant | Army | 4 October 1918 | — | — |
| Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy | Italian Army | 19 May 1872 | — |  | |
| Max Viebeg | Kapitänleutnant | Navy | 30 January 1918 | — | — |
| Konstantin Bernhard von Voigts-Rhetz | Generalleutnant General der Infanterie | Army | 11 September 1866 | 31 December 1870 |  |
| Alfred von Vollard-Bockelberg | Major | Army | 4 November 1917 | — |  |
| Werner Voß | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 8 April 1917 | — |  |
| Hans von Voss | Major | Army | 23 December 1917 | — | — |
| Name | Rank | Branch | Pour le Mérite | Oak Leaves | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred von Waldersee | Generalfeldmarschall | Army | — | 30 July 1901 |  |
| Emil Waldorf | Generalleutnant | Army | 1 November 1918 | — | — |
| Alfred Freiherr von Waldstätten | Generalmajor | Austrian Army | 3 November 1917 | — |  |
| Franz Walz | Hauptmann | Luftstreitkräfte | 9 August 1918 | — |  |
| Curt Freiherr von Wängenheim | Oberst | Army | 3 September 1917 | — |  |
| Hans Walther | Kapitänleutnant | Navy | 9 January 1917 | — |  |
| Charles-Emmanuel de Warnery | Oberstleutnant | Army | October 1756 | — | — |
| Hermann Ludwig von Wartensleben | Oberst | Army | — | 19 January 1873 |  |
| Erwin Wassner | Kapitänleutnant | Navy | 5 March 1918 | — |  |
| Oskar Freiherr von Watter | Generalleutnant | Württembergian Army | 23 December 1917 | 3 November 1918 |  |
| Theodor Freiherr von Watter | General der Infanterie | Württembergian Army | 1 September 1916 | — |  |
| Theordor von Weber | Oberstleutnant | Army | 8 October 1918 | — |  |
| Otto Weddigen | Kapitänleutnant | Navy | 24 October 1914 | — |  |
| Fritz Freiherr von Wedekind | Major | Army | 15 August 1918 | — | — |
| Hasso von Wedel | Generalmajor | Army | 27 August 1917 | 24 November 1917 | — |
| Richard Wellmann | Generalleutnant | Army | 23 December 1917 | 26 October 1918 |  |
| Karl von Wenckstern | Hauptmann | Army | 27 August 1918 | — | — |
| Ralph Wenninger | Kapitänleutnant | Navy | 30 March 1918 | — | — |
| Karl Ritter von Wenninger | Generalleutnant | Bavarian Army | 1 May 1917 | — |  |
| Hans von Werder | Oberst | Army | 3 May 1918 | — | — |
| Wilhelm Werner | Kapitänleutnant | Navy | 18 August 1918 | — | — |
| Eduard von Westhoven | Major | Army | 1 April 1918 | — |  |
| Georg Wetzell | Major | Army | 11 December 1916 | 1 November 1917 |  |
| Georg Wichura | General der Infanterie | Army | 26 April 1917 | 8 June 1918 |  |
| Hermann Wilck | Hauptmann | Army | 9 October 1918 | — | — |
| Adolf Wild von Hohenborn | Generalleutnant | Army | 2 August 1915 | 11 October 1918 |  |
| Ludwig Wilhelm Freiherr von Willisen | Major | Army | 1 November 1917 | — | — |
| Karl Willweber | Leutnant | Army | 3 September 1918 | — | — |
| Arnold von Winckler | Generalleutnant General der Infanterie | Army | 27 November 1915 | 15 June 1917 |  |
| Rudolf Windisch | Leutnant | Saxon Army Luftstreitkräfte | 6 June 1918 | — |  |
| Kurt Wintgens | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 1 July 1916 | — |  |
| Eduard Wittekind | Hauptmann | Army | 4 December 1917 | — | — |
| Ludwig von Wittich | Oberst Generalmajor | Army | 20 September 1866 | 5 December 1870 |  |
| Friedrich Karl von Witzleben | Oberst | Army | 23 June 1918 | — | — |
| Kurt Wolff | Oberleutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 4 May 1917 | — |  |
| Horst von Wolff | Hauptmann | Army | 28 November 1917 | — | — |
| Siegfried Woltersdorf | Major | Army | 29 October 1918 | — | — |
| Remus von Woyrsch | General der Infanterie Generaloberst | Army | 25 October 1914 | 23 July 1915 |  |
| Friedrich Graf von Wrangel | Leutnant General der Kavallerie | Army | 18 July 1807 | 13 September 1848 |  |
| Karl von Wrangel | Generalmajor Generalleutnant | Army | 20 September 1866 | 5 December 1870 |  |
| Ernst von Wrisberg | Generalmajor | Major | 8 April 1918 | — |  |
| Johann Jakob von Wunsch | Generalmajor | Army | 2 November 1759 | — |  |
| Otto Wünsche | Kapitänleutnant | Navy | 20 December 1917 | — | — |
| Hermann Wülfing | Major | Army | 30 October 1918 | — | — |
| Kurt Wüsthoff | Leutnant | Luftstreitkräfte | 22 November 1917 | — |  |
| Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg | Generaloberst Generalfeldmarschall | Württembergian Army | 22 August 1915 | 25 February 1918 |  |
| Prince August of Württemberg | General der Kavallerie | Army | 3 August 1866 | 16 June 1871 |  |
| Duke William of Württemberg | Feldzeugmeister | Austrian Army | 22 March 1864 | — |  |
| William II of Württemberg | General der Kavallerie | Württembergian Army | 24 January 1917 | — |  |
| Fritz Wulff | Major | Army | 8 October 1918 | — | — |
| Gustav Adolf von Wulffen | Hauptmann | Army | 21 April 1918 | — |  |
| Name | Rank | Branch | Pour le Mérite | Oak Leaves | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oskar Edler und Ritter von Xylander | General der Infanterie | Bavarian Army | 20 August 1916 | — |  |
| Ernst Graf Yorck von Wartenburg | Major | Army | 23 September 1918 | — |  |
| Ludwig Graf Yorck von Wartenburg | Generalleutnant | Army | 27 May 1813 | — |  |
| Heinrich von Zastrow | Generalleutnant | Army | 16 September 1866 | — |  |
| Hans Joachim von Zieten | Major | Army | May 1741 | — |  |
| Alfred Ziethen | Generalmajor | Army | 14 June 1915 | — | — |
| Nikola Zhekov | Major General | Bulgarian Army | 18 January 1916 | — |  |
| Max Zunehmer | Oberstleutnant | Army | 29 November 1917 | — | — |
| Hans von Zwehl | General der Infanterie | Army | 8 September 1914 | 17 October 1917 |  |
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