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Decorations during WWI

This section displays the awards and decorations given to the German and Austrian U-boat Commanders of WWI.

Austro-Hungarian Empire
Military Order of Maria Theresa (3)	Order of Leopold (8)	Order of the Iron Crown (26)	Military Merit Cross (51)	Military Merit Medal (42)
Germany (Prussia)
Pour le Mérite (31)	Royal House Order of Hohenzollern (97)	Golden Military Merit Cross (4)	Iron Cross 1st class (316)	Iron Cross 2nd class (421)
Order of the Red Eagle (28)	Order of the Crown (45)	Military Honor Medal (1)	General Honor Decoration (Prussia) (2)	Lifesaving Medal (28)
Naval Wound Badge (3)	U-Boat War Badge (43)
Other German states
Military Order of Max Joseph (Bavaria) (2)	Military Order of St. Henry (Saxony) (3)	Military Merit Order (Württemberg) (2)	Military Merit Order (Bavaria) (31)	Albert Order (Saxony) (23)
Friedrich Order (Württemberg) (8)	Order of the Zähringer Lion (Baden) (8)	House and Merit Order of Peter Frederick Louis (Oldenburg) (7)	Saxe-Ernestine House Order (14)	Friedrich Cross (Anhalt) (1)
War Merit Cross (Brunswick) (9)	Hanseatic Cross (58)	General Honor Decoration (Hesse) (6)	War Merit Cross (Lippe) (3)	Military Merit Cross (Mecklenburg-Schwerin) (14)
Friedrich-August Cross (Oldenburg) (62)	Cross for Distinction in War (Mecklenburg-Strelitz) (2)	Reuss Honor Cross (3)	Cross for Merit in War (Saxe-Meiningen) (1)	Cross for Loyal Service (Schaumburg-Lippe) (1)
Other German states (prewar awards only)
Order of the Griffon (Mecklenburg) (5)	House Order of the White Falcon (Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach) (1)	Princely House Order of Hohenzollern (2)
Ottoman empire
Ottoman Osminieh Order (3)	Order of the Medjidie (17)	Empire Silver Medal Imtiaz with Scimitars (7)	Liakat Medal (11)	Iron Half Moon (22)
Prewar awards by other countries
Order of Leopold (Belgium) (1)	Order of Leopold II (Belgium) (1)	Military Cross (Belgium) (1)	Order of Military Merit (Bulgaria) (3)	Order of the Dannebrog (Denmark) (1)
Order of the Redeemer (Greece) (2)	Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (Italy) (2)	Order of the Crown of Italy (3)	Order of the Sacred Treasure (Japan) (2)	Order of St. Olav (Norway) (1)
Order of St. Anna (Russia) (4)	Order of St. Stanislaus (Russia) (7)	Order of the Crown (Siam) (3)	Order of Naval Merit (Spain) (3)	Order of the Sword (Sweden) (2)
Order of Glory (Tunisia) (1)	Order of the Liberator (Venezuela) (1)
WWII
Knight's Cross (WWII) (7)	German Cross in Gold (WWII) (5)	German Cross in Silver (WWII) (5)	War Merit Cross 1st Class (2)	War Merit Cross 2nd Class (3)
Clasp to the Iron Cross I Class (4)	Clasp to the Iron Cross II Class (4)	Prussian Cross Twenty-fifth year of Service (2)	Prussian Medal Fifteen year of Service (1)	Honor Cross for Combatants (3)

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