Saarland Order of Merit

Saarland Order of Merit
Cross of the Saarland Order of Merit
Awarded by Minister-President of Saarland
Type	Civil order
Awarded for	Outstanding service to Saarland
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Established	10 December 1974

The Saarland Order of Merit (German: Saarländischer Verdienstorden) is the highest award of the German State of Saarland. Established on 10 December 1974, the order is presented in recognition for outstanding service to Saarland by the Minister-President of Saarland. Awarded in a single class, in the form of an Officer's Cross (Steckkreuz), the insignia of the order is a blue enameled four-armed eight pointed Maltese cross. In the center of the cross is a silver medallion bearing the wreathed Coat of arms of Saarland.

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Orders of Merit of Germany and the States of Germany

Federal Republic Baden-Württemberg Bavaria Berlin Brandenburg Hesse Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Lower Saxony North Rhine-Westphalia Rhineland-Palatinate Saarland Saxony Saxony-Anhalt Schleswig-Holstein Thuringia

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