Original: The Bundesverdienstkreuz ( Federal Cross of Merit , officially Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland , Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ) is the only general state decoration of the Federal Republic of Germany .
Simplified: The Bundesverdienstkreuz ( Federal Cross of Merit ) is officially called the Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland ( Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ) .