January 21, 1917
MvR receives 'Pour le mérite'
After two days - we were sitting comfortably at the Boelcke fighter squadron and celebrating my farewell - a telegram arrived from headquarters to say that Your...
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MvR showing his Pour le Mérite, Iron Cross 1st Class, Knight's Cross with Swords of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Duke Carl Eduard Medal Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Austro-Hungarian Military Merit Cross.
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