Pour la Vertu Militaire

The Pour la vertu militaire (Fr.: for military virtue) was a military order of merit established on 25 February 1769 by Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. The order, modelled on the Prussian Pour le Mérite, could be awarded in a single class to officers of Hessian army or allied armies for wartime or peacetime military merit. When awarded for peacetime merit, only officers from major upwards were eligible. In 1820 the French name was changed to German: Militär-Verdienstorden (Order of Military Merit). It was discontinued in 1866, after the annexation of Hessen-Kassel by the Kingdom of Prussia.

Pour la vertu militaire
Militär-Verdienstorden
Obverse
Typesingle-class order
CountryHesse-Kassel
Presented bythe Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel
EligibilityMilitary personnel
MottoVIRTUTI (Lat.: for virtue)
StatusObsolete
Established25 February 1769
Last awarded1866
Ribbon
Precedence
Next (higher)House Order of the Golden Lion
RelatedPour le Mérite

References

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  • Gottschalck, Friedrich (1807). Almanach der Ritterorden, Leipzig
  • Gritzner, Maximilian (1893). Handbuch der Ritter- und Verdienstorden aller Kulturstaaten der Welt, Leipzig
  • Nimmergut, Jörg (1997). Deutsche Orden und Ehrenzeichen bis 1945 Pt. 1: Anhalt–Hohenzollern,München, ISBN 3-00-00-1396-2