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Eight Knights of the Order of Merit

Ein Heldenleben, Ullstein & Co, 1920 p. 145??

3 May 1917
Hotel Oranienhof
Bad Kreuznach

‘In the evening, I was invited to Hindenburg’s residence again. No fewer than eight Pour Le Mérite knights were seated at one table. I will probably never see so many of them together again, unless the war lasts so long that the Pour Le Mérite is reduced to the rank of E.K.II.’

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