Walter von Unruh (30 December 1877 in Gut Klein Tillendorf bei Fraustadt – 16 September 1956 in Bad Berneck im Fichtelgebirge) was a Prussian officer, and later General during World War II. Also, he was a recipient of Pour le Mérite.
Awards Iron Cross (1914), 1st and 2nd class Pour le Mérite (21 April 1918) Gallipoli Star (Ottoman Empire) ("Iron Crescent") Honorary Knights of St. John Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords Prussian Service Award Military Merit Order, 3rd class (Bavaria) Knight's Cross, First Class of the Albert Order with swords Knight's Cross of the Military Merit Order (Württemberg) General Honour Decoration for Bravery (Hesse) Hanseatic Cross of Hamburg Knight's Cross, First Class of the Order of the White Falcon with swords (Weimar) Knight's Cross of the Order of Leopold with War Decoration (Austria) Order of the Iron Crown, 3rd class with War Decoration (Austria) Military Merit Cross, 3rd class with War Decoration (Austria-Hungary) Knights Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords (1943)
References Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Christian Zweng: Die Ritter des Ordens Pour le Mérite des I. Weltkriegs, Band 3: P–Z, Biblio Verlag, Bissendorf 2011, , S. 451-453 Hanns Möller: Geschichte der Ritter des Ordens pour le mérite im Weltkrieg, Band II: M–Z, Verlag Bernard & Graefe, Berlin 1935, S. 442-444
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