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The Pour le Mérite (German: [puːɐ̯ lə meˈʁiːt]; [3] French: [puʁ lə me.ʁit], lit. 'For Merit'), also informally known as the Blue Max (German: Blauer Max), is an order of merit established in 1740 by King Frederick II of Prussia.
More commonly known today as the “Blue Max”—in no small part due to the book and film of the same name—this is among the most famous Imperial German decorations.
No one is quite sure how the Orden Pour le Mérite came by its sobriquet the “Blue Max.” The most likely explanation is that it derived from Max Immelmann, the “Eagle of Lille,” an early recipient of the blue Maltese cross during WWI.
Pour le Mérite, distinguished Prussian order established by Frederick II the Great in 1740, which had a military class and a class for scientific and artistic achievement.
The Pour le Mérite, known informally during World War I as the Blue Max (German: Blauer Max), was the Kingdom of Prussia's highest military order until the end of World War I. The award was a blue-enameled Maltese Cross with eagles between the arms based on the symbol of the Johanniter Order, the Prussian royal cypher, and the French legend ...
The Pour le Mérite, known informally as the Blue Max, was the German Kingdom of Prussia’s highest order of merit during WWI awarded strictly as a recognition of extraordinary personal achievement, rather than as a general marker of social status or a courtesy-honor.
It was very fashionable to speak French at the royal courts. According to David Edkins the author of "The Prussian Order Pour le Mérite, History of the Blue Max" the medal went through many inconsistencies in appearance and construction during the time between 1740 and the 1800's.
Encyclopedia - The Pour le Merite Medal. Although it may sound incongruous Germany's highest military medal awarded during World War One was the decidedly French sounding Pour le Merite (also known the as 'The Blue Max').
For his contributions to literature he received the 1974 Schiller Memorial Prize, the 1981 Gold Medal of the Humboldt Society and the 1982 Goethe Prize. In 1984 he joined German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and French President François Mitterrand for a Franco-German reconciliation ceremony at Verdun.
Although it may sound incongruous Germany's highest military medal awarded during World War One was the decidedly French sounding Pour le Merite (also known the as 'The Blue Max').