Grand AKK Order of Merit
Each carnival season, the AKK awards its Grand Order of Merit to people who have made an exceptional contribution to local traditions, especially Koblenz carnival. Recipients include members of the carnival community and supporters of its work.
Heinz Kassung designed the Grand Order of Merit, and Koblenz goldsmith Karl Flach made the first medals. Every medal is still crafted by hand.
Recipients
| Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Jörg Perscheid | David Langner | |
| 2025 | Torsten Schupp | Olav Kullak | Karsten Lunnebach |
| 2024 | Klaus Henrich | Guido Klöckner | |
| 2023 | Dr. Albin Lütke | Michael Stumpf | |
| 2020 | Franz-Josef Möhlich | Heinrich Schlaudt | |
| 2019 | Dirk Crecelius | Robert Strohe | |
| 2018 | Stephan Otto | Hermann-Josef Bretz | Mario Blinn |
| 2017 | Dirk Zimmer | Markus Kirschbaum | Dr. Michael Fuchs |
| 2016 | Eduard Casel | Thomas Millies | |
| 2015 | Walter Rosenbach | Ernst-Josef Lehrer | Matthias Nester |
| 2014 | Kurt Mendyka | Sandra Hürter | Prof. Dr. Joachim Hofmann-Göttig |
| 2013 | Karlheinz Weitz | Marie-Theres Hammes-Rosenstein | |
| 2012 | Thomas Flöck | Wolf Schneider | |
| 2011 | Rudi Göbel | AGOSTEA Nachtarena | |
| 2010 | Leo Wingen | Peter Gries | |
| 2009 | Heinrich Rudolf Reinhardt | Frank Bastian | Heinz-Wolfgang Pritzl |
| 2008 | Werner Laube | Detlef Petry | |
| 2007 | Gitti Knipp | Günter Eder | Walter Wawer |
| 2006 | Otto Hellinger | Horst Welling | Manfred Graulich |
| 2005 | Georg Salkow | Hans-Hermann Türk | |
| 2004 | Otto Fischer | Detlef Schöning | Ralf John |
| 2003 | Michael Hörter | Alfred Wunderlich | Karlheinz Haupt |
| 2002 | Walter Dexheimer | Dr. Rolf-Eugen König | |
| 2001 | Wladimir Elsner | Dr. Ulrich Löber | Paul Wald |
| 2000 | Manfred Griffke | Karl-Dieter Staudt | |
| 1999 | Monika Kräber | Dr. Eberhard Schulte-Wissermann | |
| 1998 | Maria Adam | Heinz Kölsch | Hans-Peter Gilberg |
| 1997 | Erich Thönnes | Herbert Lang | Dr. Helmut Schlax |
| 1996 | Hans-Wilhelm Esly | Otto Galla | Gunter Friesen |
| 1995 | Rosel Hoewer | Christa Welling | Hans-Dieter Maahs |
| 1994 | Heiner Blau | Detlef König | Peter Burger |
| 1993 | Manfred Mahr | Rudi Schmidt | Haakon Stein |
| 1992 | Heinz Börner | Anton Steer | |
| 1991 | Rolf „Rolli“ Diell | Hans Heinrich Fischer | Heinz Hoernchen |
| 1990 | Heinz Kassung | Manfred Naunheim | |
| 1989 | Gerd Kesseler | Hartmut Platen | Rainer Schneider | Achim Ziems |
| 1988 | Max Buhlmann | Gabriele Karrich | |
| 1987 | Werner Loos | Wilhelm Sauer | |
| 1986 | Peter Hünerfeld | Polizeipräsidium Koblenz | |
| 1985 | August Dötsch | Karl Oster | Wolfgang Schütz |
| 1984 | Fred Krismann | Dr. Werner Theisen | Deutsches Rotes Kreuz |
| 1983 | Ewald Fischbach | Erich Lunnebach | Mercedes-Benz |
| 1982 | Karl Rosenbaum | Heinz Korbach | Sparkasse Koblenz |
| 1981 | Werner Wiemers | Dr. Heinz-Peter Volkert | Quelle Warenhaus |
| 1980 | Friedrich Schweitzer | Jakob Hommen | |
| 1979 | Paul Fuhrmann | Hans-Joachim Karrich | |
| 1978 | Hans Nobel | Herbert Gauls | |
| 1977 | Dieter Buslau | Kurt Messerschmidt | |
| 1976 | Alfred Rieß | Günter Baranek | |
| 1975 | Heinz Grindel | Rudi Reinhard | Hans Maurer |
| 1974 | Anneliese Kraemer | Gerhard Niepold | |
| 1973 | Peter Dommermuth | Anni Muders | Toni Dillmann |
| 1972 | Mia Lang | Helmut Queng | Hans Link |
| 1971 | Karl Hartmann | Gerhard Lütke | Peter Malmen |
| 1970 | Willi Valerius | Emmy Kellner | Walter Gorges | Hein Kramer |
| 1969 | Albert Schnez | Willi Hörter | |
| 1966 | Willi Hartung | Alois Goebel | |
| 1965 | Alex Regenhardt | Carl Schetter | Richard Wilke |
| 1964 | Aui Diell | Dr. Franz Huch | |
| 1963 | Jupp Becker | Peter Seelig | Peter Steffgen |
| 1962 | Werner Kratz | Peter Kloke | |
| 1961 | Willy-Werner Macke | ||
| 1960 | Jupp Dommermuth | Jupp Thunert | |
| 1959 | Karl Flach | Josef Schnorbach |