Studio portrait of Korvettenkapitän Erich Raeder after the awarding of the Ritterkreuz des königlichen Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern (Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords), 3 June 1916. The medal - which were hung with the ribbon in the middle button - was the intermediate decoration between the Iron Cross 1st Class and the Pour le Mérite for Prussian junior officers. There were over 8,000 awards during World War I of this class (there were far fewer awards of the other classes, or of any class before the war). Thus, among the ranks of Imperial German Army junior officers who earned the Royal House Order as lieutenants, captains or majors in World War I are several hundred who reached the rank of general or admiral in World War II.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Order_of_Hohenzollern
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