Chris Boonzaier Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Hi, am I correct in thinking the only Leutnant to get the PLM are Rommel and Robert Hieronymus? Thanks Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernhard H.Holst Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Hello Chris. Others who come to mind are: Lt. E. Juenger; Lt. F. Schoerner, There should be a few more but I cannot get to my reference book just now. Bernhard H. Holst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 Ach! How could I forget those two!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaba1914 Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Max Immelmann Werner Voss Fritz Rumey Paul Bäumer Josef Jacobs Heinrich Gontermann Karl Bolle And some more Kind regards Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 Hi, sorry, I should have specified, ground troops. The airmen had other criteria and were able to prove themselves in single combat. Best Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Danner Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 A few more. I might have missed some. Hans Markmann, Leutnant, IR 186 Kurt Rackow, Leutnant, IR 158 Karl Rothenburg, Leutnant der Reserve, 5.GRzF Fritz Rümmelein, Leutnant der Reserve, RIR 87 Walther Schnieber, Leutnant, IR 63 Emil Trebing, Leutnant der Reserve, IR 370 Karl Willweber, Leutnant der Reserve, 2.GRzF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Danner Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 Also some infantry Oberleutnants: Cordt v. Brandis, Oberleutnant, IR 24, for Fort Douaumont Heinrich Brinkord, Oberleutnant der Reserve, RIR 92 Daniel Gerth, Oberleutnant, Fhr. III./IR 150 Hans v. Ravenstein, Oberleutnant, FR 37, promoted to Hauptmann 3 days before the award of the plM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayern Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 Take a look to the german page Liste der ritter der pour le merite orden . Wikipedia . really the junior officers are a minority along the centuries . there a few strange examples one a neapolitan general other the japanese marshall Nogi who defeated Russia . Enver pasha and the bulgarian Jekov are political examples . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 In the aviation group are a small number of observers who were awarded the PLM. Leutnant Hans Georg Horn was a former infantry officer who became a flying observer in 1915, and in 1916-1917 specialized in low level ground attacks from the back-seat of a Junkers all metal mono-wing. He was decorated with the PlM in December 1917, and on the same day his pilot was decorated with the GMVK. Horn's stuff is in a private collection. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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