Order of Merit (Portugal)

The Ordem do Mérito or Order of Merit is an Order given in Portugal to honor those responsible for distinguished acts or services in the public or private sphere.

This order substitutes from 1976, the Ordem da Benemerência (Order of Volunteerism), which was founded in 1927.^[1]

Grades

Grand Cross (GCM) (Grã-Cruz)
Grand Officer (GOM) (Grande-Oficial)
Commander (ComM) (Comendador)
Officer (OM) (Oficial)
Medal (MedM) (Medalha)
Honorary Member (MHM) (Membro Honorário)^[2]

References

^ "Ordens de Mérito Civil – Ordem do Mérito" (in Portuguese). Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas. Chancelaria das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas. 2008. http://www.ordens.presidencia.pt/?idc=187. Retrieved 2011-04-07.
^ (in Portuguese) (Adobe Acrobat) Anuário Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas 1975-2007. Chancelaria das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas. June 2008. pp. 5–63. ISBN 9789728971403. http://www.ordens.presidencia.pt/pdf/anuario1975_2007_3.pdf. Retrieved 2010-09-12. List of all appointments to the Order of Merit correct as at December 2007