Order of merit (disambiguation)
An order of merit is a visible honorific order (decoration) conferred by a state, government, royal family, or other sovereign (dynastic order) to an individual in recognition of military or civil merits.
Order of merit may also refer to:
National orders
Europe
- Order of Merit, an order of merit of the Commonwealth realms founded in 1902
- Order of Merit (Austria)
- Order of Merit (Greece)
- Order of Merit (Lithuania)
- Order of Merit (Ukraine), in economics, science, culture, military, or political activity
- Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, the only federal decoration of Germany
- Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
- Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, senior order of knighthood
- Order of Merit of Portugal
- Order of Merit of the Principality of Liechtenstein, order of chivalry
- Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary, 2nd highest state order of Hungary
- Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
- Order of Merit of the Republic of Turkey, third highest state order of Turkey
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", a state decoration of the Russian Federation
- Order pro Merito Melitensi, Sovereign Military Order of Malta
- Order of Work Merit (Moldova), for outstanding achievements in an individual's field of work
- National Order of Merit (France)
- National Order of Merit (Malta), the highest decoration in Malta
- Royal Norwegian Order of Merit, given to foreigners and Norwegian citizens living abroad
Africa
- Order of Merit (Cameroon), an order of knighthood
- Order of Merit (Egypt), an order of knighthood
- National Order of Merit (Algeria)
- National Order of Merit (Mauritania)
Americas
- Order of Merit of Antigua and Barbuda
- Order of Merit of the Bahamas
- Order of Merit of the Police Forces, Canada
- Order of Merit (Chile)
- National Order of Merit (Ecuador)
- Jamaican Order of Merit
- National Order of Merit (Paraguay)
- Legion of Merit, a military award of the United States Armed Forces
Asia and Pacific
- Military Order of Merit (Iran), defunct military order of Iran
- Order of Merit and Management, Iranian state expertise order
- Order of Merit (Lebanon), order for heads of state and other dignitaries
- Order of Merit (Malaysia), 6th highest order of Malaysia
- National Order of Merit (Bhutan), founded by King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck in 2008
- New Zealand Order of Merit, an order of chivalry
Defunct national orders
- Indian Order of Merit (1837–1947), a military and civilian decoration of British India
- Order of St. Michael (Bavaria) (1693–1918), order open to the Catholic nobility
- Pour le Mérite (1740–1918), Prussia's highest order of merit
Others
- FIFA Order of Merit, FIFA soccer
- PDC Order of Merit, a world ranking system by the Professional Darts Corporation
- Saskatchewan Order of Merit, a Canadian civilian honour
- Socialist orders of merit, civil awards in several communist states
- Order of Agricultural Merit, in France for outstanding contribution to agriculture
See also
- Order of Military Merit (disambiguation), a number of separate orders
- Order of Naval Merit (disambiguation), a number of separate orders
- Order of Civil Merit (France)
- Order of Civil Merit (Korea), South Korea
- Order of Civil Merit (Spain)
- Order of Civil Merit (Syria)
- Order of Civil Merit (Kingdom of Laos)
- Cross of Merit (disambiguation), a number of separate decorations
- Medal of Merit (disambiguation), a number of separate decorations
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