Order of Merit is the name of various decorations all over the world, usually for high achievements in civil life (arts, science etc.)

Extant national orders:

• Order of Merit of Antigua and Barbuda
• Grand Decoration of Honour (Austria)
• Order of Merit of the Bahamas
• Order of Merit of the Police Forces (Canada)
• Order of Merit of the Central African Republic
• Order of the Merit of Chile
• Order of Merit (Commonwealth realms)
• National Order of Merit of Cuba
• National Order of Merit of Ecuador
• Order of Merit of Egypt
• Ordre National du Mérite (France)
• Bundesverdienstkreuz (Federal Cross of Merit), also called Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Order of Merit of the Federal Republic) (Germany)
• National Order of Merit of Guinea
• Order of Merit of Hungary
• Order of Merit of the Republic (Italy)
• Jamaican Order of Merit
• Order of Merit of the Principality of Liechtenstein
• Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
• Order pro merito Melitensi (Sovereign Military Order of Malta)
• National Order of Merit of Mauritania
• New Zealand Order of Merit
• Royal Norwegian Order of Merit
• National Order of Merit of Paraguay
• Order of Merit of Peru
• Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
• Order of Merit of Portugal
• Ordinul naţional "Pentru Merit" (Romania)
• Order of Merit of Qatar
• Order of Merit of Russia
• Order of Merit of Samoa
• Ratana Varabhorn Order of Merit (Thailand)
• Order of Merit of Turkey
• Order of Merit (Ukraine)
• Legion of Merit (United States of America)

Defunct national orders:

• Merit Order of St. Michael, of Bavaria
• Fatherland's Order of Merit, of East Germany
• Pour le Mérite, of Prussia, commonly known as the Blue Max
• Civil Merit Order, of Saxony
• Merit Order (Waldeck)
• Indian Order of Merit (during the period of British rule in India)

Others:

• FIFA Order of Merit
• Olympic Order of Merit
• Order of Agricultural Merit, of Quebec
• Order of Merit in Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, of Spain
• Order of Military Merit, a number of separate orders
• Saskatchewan Order of Merit
• Socialist Orders of Merit

[edit] See also

• Cross of Merit

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