The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, 20 July 1942, takes pleasure in presenting the Legion of Merit, in the Degree of Commander to General Adolf Heusinger, Chief of Armed Forces Staff and Chairman of the Inspecteur’s Council of the Federal Republic of Germany, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States, from 1951 to October 1960.