Alexander, with Diamonds Grand Cross of the Military Order of Maria Theresa, 26 March 1918 Order of Osmanieh, 2nd Class Order of the Medjidie, 1st Class Commander of the Merit Order of Philip the Magnanimous, 2nd Class Grand Commander's Cross of the Order of the Griffon Commander of the Order of the Zähringer Lion, 1st Class, with Oak Leaves Commander of the Order of the Württemberg Crown Knight of the Order of St. Anna, 1st Class The University of Halle-Wittenberg appointed him to Honorary Doctor of Political Sciences and the Gdańsk University of Technology granted him the title Doktoringenieur. , named after Mackensen, was the last class of battlecruisers to be built by Germany in the First World War, the lead ship, SMS Mackensen, was launched on 21 April 1917. Mackensen was an Honorary Citizen of many cities, such as Danzig, Heilsberg, Buetow, and Tarnovo. In 1915, the newly built rural village of Mackensen in Pomerania was named after him. In various cities, streets were named after him. In 1998 the Mackensenstraße in the Schöneberg district of Berlin was renamed Else-Lasker-Schüler-Straße, based on a claim that Mackensen was one of the "pioneers of National Socialism". Notes References Cecil, Lamar. "The Creation of Nobles in Prussia, 1871-1918." In The American Historical Review, Vol. 75, No. 3. (Feb., 1970), pp. 757–795. Foley, Robert. German Strategy and the Path to Verdun. Cambridge University Press, 2004. Goda, Norman J. W. "Black Marks: Hitler's Bribery of His Senior Officers during World War II." In The Journal of Modern History, Vol. 72, No. 2. (June, 2000), 413–452. Hedin, Sven. Große Männer denen ich begegnete, Zweiter Band, Wiesbaden, F.A. Brockhausen, 1953. Mombauer, Annika. Helmuth von Moltke and the Origins of the First World War. Cambridge University Press, 2001. Schwarzmüller, Theo. Zwischen Kaiser und "Führer." Generalfeldmarschall August von Mackensen. Eine politische Biographie. Munich: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 1995. Silberstein, Gerard E. "The Serbian Campaign of 1915: Its Diplomatic Background." In The American Historical Review, Vol. 73, No. 1. (October 1967), pp. 51–69. ''Hausser Elastolin Spielzeug 1939-40' (toy catalog) Die Deutsche Wochenschau 16 December 1944 Danish language version. 2:42 min: celebration of 95th birthday of August von Mackensen on December 6, 1944. External links 1849 births 1945 deaths German untitled nobility German military personnel of the Franco-Prussian War German Army generals of World War I Field marshals of Prussia Field marshals of the German Empire German monarchists Grand Crosses of