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The traditional honorifics for nobility are, in descending order, Majestät for emperors and kings and their wives (but not husbands), kaiserliche Hoheit for the members of imperial houses (though in the German Empire only the Crown Prince, with the others merely considered Prussian royalty; in Austria after 1867 officially "kaiserlich-königlich")
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Orders, decorations, and medals of the German states; Awards and decorations of the German Armed Forces; List of honours of Germany awarded to heads of state and royalty; Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. List of recipients of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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However, from 1957 West German regulations permitted the wear of many wartime awards in Bundeswehr uniform, [1] provided the swastika symbol was removed. [2] This led to the re-design of many awards with, for example, the swastika being replaced by a three-leafed oakleaf cluster on the Iron Cross. [ 3 ]
Thus, some awards (such as Sports Badges) were bestowed on Nazi Party members, members of the German military, and regular civilians. Many standard awards of the German state, such as life-saving medals, were redesigned to incorporate the Nazi symbol, the swastika.
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Abbreviations: German written abbreviations are often punctuated and are pronounced as the full word when read aloud, such as beispielsweise for bspw. ("for example"). Unlike English, which is moving away from periods in abbreviations in some style guides, the placement of capital letters and periods is important in German. [1]