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I was watching the youtube channel "The Great War" the other day and the host mentioned that Germany’s highest military honor was the "Pour le mérite" medal. Since France and Germany were sworn enemies at the time, why did Germany gave its highest military honor a french name ?

by /u/willard287 in /r/AskHistorians

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