Austrians at Königrätz, July 3, 1866 Charles John Hexamer (1862-1921), co-founded and first president of the National German-American Alliance, awarded in 1904 Tarleton Hoffman Bean (1846–1916), first Curator of Fishes at the Smithsonian Institution; Director of the Forestry and Fisheries exhibit at the Paris Exhibition, 1900; Chief of the Departments of Fish, Game and Forestry, St. Louis World's Fair, 1902–05; awarded the 4th Class, Jan 12, 1906, for work with the St. Louis World's Fair First Lieutenant Carl Hermann Arthur Finster (1865-1929), Author and Diplomat, 1908 Joseph Austin Holmes (1859–1915), geologist, and first director of the Bureau of Mines, credited with advances in mine safety, and for the slogan "Safety First"; Chief of Mines and Metallurgy at the St. Louis World's Fair, 1904–1906; awarded the 4th Class, Jan 12, 1906, for work with the St. Louis World's Fair F.D. Hirschberg, Chairman of Reception and Entertainment, St Louis World's Fair, 1904–1906; awarded the 4th Class, Jan 12, 1906, for work with the St. Louis World's Fair Prof. Otto Jaekel (1863-1929), geologist and paleontologist, awarded April 3, 1913 Obst-Lt (later Gen der Artillerie) Friedrich Frhr. Kreß von Kressenstein of Bavaria (1870–1948); awarded the 4th Class prior to World War I John H. McGibbons, Secretary of Awards for Division of Exhibitions, St. Louis World's Fair, 1904–1906; awarded the 4th Class, Jan 12, 1906, for work with the St. Louis World's Fair Lt.Col. Hon. George Henry Morris, Irish Guards Dr. Ludwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer, botanist and conchologist, 1875 Premierleutnant (First Lieutenant) Ernst von Prittwitz und Gaffron, awarded the 4th Class in 1864 Carl Friedrich Rohte, awarded the 4th Class, 8/22/1907, for service to the Crown Hermann Aleksander Eduard von Salza, Russian Navy, 1910 Ernst Friederich Ludwig Scheyder, Amtsrat, presented with Red Eagle August 10, 1911, for dedicated service to the crown Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856–1915), mechanical engineer; President of the American Society of mechanical Engineers, who is credited for innovations in management principles; awarded the 4th Class, Jan. 12, 1906, for work with St. Louis World's Fair Adolf Werner (Artillery Officer), awarded the 4th Class, 1904 Lt.Col. L.E.C.Worthington-Wilmer, Somerset Light Infantry Medal for Enlisted Men Musicmeister Jacob Peuppus, 2. Infanterie-Regiments Kronprinz; awarded November 16, 1900 Feldwebel August Keller, 2. Infanterie-Regiments Kronprinz; awarded November 16, 1900 Sergenten Maximilian Büchert, 2. Infanterie-Regiments Kronprinz; awarded November 16, 1900 Wachtmeister Otto Grieszing, 1. Schwerin Reiter-Regiment Prinz Karl von Bayern; awarded November 16, 1900 Matthias Kürmeher, 4. Infanterie-Regiments, König