Federal Cross of Merit (Bundesverdienstkreuz)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:order_of_merit
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:BVK
gptkbp:awardedBy	gptkb:Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:awardedFor	outstanding service to the nation
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:eligibility	Germans and foreigners
gptkbp:established	1951
gptkbp:establishedBy	gptkb:Theodor_Heuss
gptkbp:firstAwarded	1951
gptkbp:grades	eight
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Federal Cross of Merit (Bundesverdienstkreuz)
gptkbp:lowestGrade	gptkb:Medal_of_Merit
gptkbp:motto	Für Verdienste um die Bundesrepublik Deutschland
gptkbp:officialName	gptkb:Verdienstorden_der_Bundesrepublik_Deutschland
gptkbp:purpose	recognition of achievements in political, economic, social, or intellectual activity
gptkbp:rank	gptkb:Grand_Cross_Special_Class
gptkbp:relatedAward	Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
gptkbp:ribbonColor	red
gptkbp:shape	gptkb:Maltese_cross
gptkbp:status	currently awarded
gptkbp:type	gptkb:state_order
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Georg_C._F._Greve gptkb:Georg_Greve gptkb:Christoph_Zacharowski
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7