Bob Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 (edited) Was visiting the Panzermuseum in Munster this weekend and (besides all the tanks, WW2 uniforms, orders/medals, Rommel death mask, Marshal staff of General von Kluge, etc. etc. etc.) there was also a tableu with range of older awards. One thing caught my eye and left me wondering:- is it known which foreigners won a PlM?- what is a "sovereign"?Edit: interesting, didn't strike me until after rereading my own post... 1 "Kaiser" also got one:) Edited August 17, 2008 by Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted August 17, 2008 Author Share Posted August 17, 2008 As a thank you, some more pics probably relevant for the people who know about this area of collecting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted August 17, 2008 Author Share Posted August 17, 2008 Won't bother you with uniforms, weapons, etc. as I can't distinguish which is from what era to be honest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted August 17, 2008 Author Share Posted August 17, 2008 That's it for now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Dwyer Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 - what is a "sovereign"?A sovereign is the ruler of a state or country, such as the Kaiser, a king, prince, etc. :Cat-Scratch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 All the recipients of the Pour le Merite are known. The WW1 foreign rulers wereThe Emperors Franz Joseph and Karl and Tsars Ferdinand and Boris.The German Kings and rulers also got these as dunsatic courtesies in the general trading around of "you give me yours and I'll give you mine."The foreigners were almost entirely senior Generals-- Enver and Djemal in the Ottoman forces, Jekov and Todorov in the Bulgarian army, and 11 Austrian Generals 3 of whom were Archdukes.The only "normal" foreigner was Austro-Hungarian Oberstleutnant Rudolph Popelka, commander of their Inf Rgt 5 (11.10.18 !).The little museum sign has counted the 4 foreign rulers twice-- as rulers, and as foreigners (16/4 not 20/4). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W McSwiggan Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 Two points - I believe the numbers shown to be flawed - they do not even total correctly.I recommend the following web offering where you will find the answers you seek.http://www.pourlemerite.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted August 17, 2008 Author Share Posted August 17, 2008 thanks - seems like one award with exhaustive knowledge documented about it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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