Order of Military Merit (Dominican Republic)

Order of Military Merit
Orden del Mérito de Militar
Country  Dominican Republic
Type Three division Military Merit Order with four classes
Eligibility Members of the Army of the Dominican Republic.
Awarded for Extraordinary services and merit.
Motto Honour, Virtue, Valor
Post-nominals M.M.
Statistics
Established 15 November 1930
Precedence
Next (higher) Order of Naval Merit[1]
Next (lower) Order of Air Merit[1]

Ribbon bar for combat division

Ribbon bar for long service division

Ribbon bar for other services division

The Order of Military Merit (Spanish: Orden del Mérito de Militar) is an honour awarded to members of the Military of the Dominican Republic. It was established on 15 November 1930.[2][3]

The Order is in three divisions:

  1. Awarded for combat or war service. Displayed on a red ribbon
  2. Awarded for long and faithful service. Displayed on a blue ribbon
  3. Awarded for other service. Displayed on a white ribbon

Within each division, the award is made in one of four classes:

The motto of the order is Honour, Virtue, Valor.

Post-Nominal

The person awarded with this honour should be added the post-nominal M. M. (Mérito Militar, Spanish for Militar Merit) after his or her full name, in all the official papers and documents.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Orden Presencial" (in Spanish). Marina.mil.do. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
  2. "Medals of the Dominican Republic", Jeffrey B. Floyd, International Electronic Phaleristic Encyclopedia, 16 October 1997
  3. Law number 21 of the year 1930 that created the Order of Militar Merit
  4. Art. 15 of the Law number 21 of the year 1930.

See also

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