marshal and later president of Germany. Friedrich Graf Kleist von Nollendorf — Napoleonic-era Prussian general (promoted to field marshal two days before his death). Prince Hermann von Hatzfeldt — Prussian statesman and Chief President of Silesia. Hans von Köster – German Grand Admiral – 18 September 1902 August von Mackensen — World War I-era German field marshal. Patrice de Mac-Mahon, duc de Magenta — French politician; second president of the Third Republic. Edwin von Manteuffel (1809–1885) — Prussian field-marshal Adolph Menzel — German artist. Helmuth von Moltke the Elder — Prussian field marshal of the German wars of unification. Served as chancellor of the Order of the Black Eagle. Napoléon Bonaparte — Admitted in 1803 when he was First Consul. Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts — British Commander-in-Chief of the Forces — Received the Order in 1901 Ernst von Pfuel — Prussian general and Prime Minister of Prussia. Albrecht von Roon (1803-1879) — Prussian field marshal and Minister. Count Alfred von Schlieffen — German field marshal and strategist Gustav von Senden-Bibran an admiral of the German Imperial Navy Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz — Prussian cavalry general under Frederick the Great. Friedrich Bertram Sixt von Armin — World War I-era German general. Alexander Suvorov — Napoleonic-era Russian general and Generalissimo. Ernst von Tettau (1644–1711) — General in Danish, Brandenburg, and Dutch service. Alfred von Tirpitz — German Admiral. Alfred von Waldersee — German field marshal and Supreme Commander of the Eight-Nation Alliance in the Boxer Rebellion. Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg — Napoleonic-era Prussian field marshal. Johann Jakob von Wunsch (1717-1788) — Wuerttemberg-born Prussian general. Giuseppe Zanardelli (1826-1903) — Italian Minister-President — in August 1902, in connection with the visit to Germany of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy Duke of Terceira, Prime Minister of Portugal Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia (1871-1899) — younger brother and initial heir of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia Eduard von Simson (1810-1899) – German jurist, President of the Frankfurt Parliament (1848–1849), President of the North German Confederation's Parliament (1867–1871), President of Reichstag (1871–1887), President of the Supreme Court of Justice (Reichsgericht) (1877–1891) Current usage The Order of the Black Eagle is currently used as the emblem of the German Military Police (Feldjäger). Notes References Robert Werlich, Orders and Decorations of all Nations (Quaker Press, 2nd edition 1974). Handbuch über den Königlich Preußischen Hof und Staat für das Jahr 1874, (Berlin, 1873). Handbuch über den