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The Order of Merit of the German Eagle (German: Verdienstorden vom Deutschen Adler) was an award of the German Nazi regime, predominantly to foreign diplomats. The Order was instituted on 1 May 1937 by Adolf Hitler. It ceased to be awarded following the collapse of Nazi Germany at the end of World War II in Europe. The wearing of the Order of Merit of the German Eagle is prohibited in the Federal Republic of Germany.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_German_Eagle

Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the German Eagle in Gold with Diamonds

Benito Mussolini, Italy

Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the German Eagle in Gold with Star

Ion Antonescu, Chief-of-staff of the Romanian army
King Boris III of Bulgaria
Galeazzo Ciano Conte di Cortelazzo, Italy
Roberto Farinacci, Italy
Francisco Franco, Spanish dictator, de facto Regent of Spain and general (last holder of the Grand Cross at the time of his death in 1975).
Dr. Wilhelm Frick, Reichsminister
Heinrich Himmler, Reichsführer SS
Admiral Miklós Horthy, Hungary
Field Marshal Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish armed forces
Constantin Freiherr von Neurath, Reich Foreign Minister
General Hideki Tojo, Japanese Prime Minister
General Hiroshi Ōshima, Japanese ambassador
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, Commander In Chief of the Combined Fleet
Joachim von Ribbentrop, Reich Foreign Minister
Risto Ryti, President of Finland

Grand Cross

Luang Praditmanutham (Pridi Banomyong), Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, 1938
Phya Rajawangsan, Thai envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Germany (based in London), 1938
Prince Wan Waithayakon of Siam, 1938
Henry Ford was awarded the Grand Cross of the German Eagle on his 75th birthday, 30 July 1938
General Ljubomir Marić, Yugoslavian Defense Minister, 21 November 1938
Ivo Andrić was awarded the Grand Cross of the German Eagle, 19 April 1939
Japanese Marshal Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of the German Eagle on 9 February 1940.
Swedish explorer Sven Hedin was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of the German Eagle on his 75th birthday on 19 February 1940
General Olof Thörnell, Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces, was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of the German Eagle 7 October 1940
Swedish banker and industrial leader Jacob Wallenberg, awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of the German Eagle, Berlin 1941
Achille Starace, Secretary of the Fascist Party of Italy
Jozef Tiso, Roman Catholic priest, President of the First Slovak Republic
Serafino Mazzolini, Foreign Minister, Fascist Party of Italy 1943

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Emil Kirdof, director of the Gelsenkirchen industrial consortium (awarded by Hitler on 8 April 1937)
Thomas J. Watson, chairman of IBM, 1937. Watson was also president of the International Chamber of Commerce in 1937; the medal was awarded while the ICC was meeting in Germany that year. He returned it to Hitler in 1940
Ernest G. Liebold, Henry Ford's private secretary, was awarded Order of the German Eagle 1st Class in September 1938
Plaek Phibunsongkhram, Prime Minister of Thailand. was awarded Order of the German Eagle 1st Class in 1939
Charles Lindbergh was awarded the Order of the German Eagle with Star on 19 October 1938
James Mooney, General Motors' chief executive for overseas operations, was awarded Order of the German Eagle 1st Class on 9 June 1938
Giovanni Gentile, Knight of the Order of the German Eagle Class II (July 1940).
Tomoyuki Yamashita, Knight of the Order of the German Eagle, 1st Class.
Ing. Ugo Conte (1884–1951), Rome Chief Engineer, was awarded Order of the German Eagle 2nd Class on 16 December 1938 for leading team in the construction of first German motorway.
Finnish Minister of Defence Rudolf Walden was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of the German Eagle
Finnish leader of the Lotta Svärd organization Fanni Luukkonen was awarded the Order of the German Eagle with Star in 1943. She was the only non-German woman to receive the medal
Carlos de Aymerich y Muñoz de Baena (1896-1980), Spanish officer, awarded 2nd class order June, 1, 1939

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