Bavarian Order of Merit

Bavarian Order of Merit
Awarded by Minister-President of Bavaria
Type Civil Order of Merit
Established 11 June 1957
Country Germany, Free State of Bavaria
Eligibility Men and women without distinction of nationality or class[1]
Awarded for Outstanding contributions to the Free State of Bavaria and the Bavarian people[1]
Status Currently awarded
Grand Master Horst Seehofer
Grades Member

Ribbon bar of the order

The Bavarian Order of Merit (German: Bayerischer Verdienstorden) is the Order of Merit of the Free State of Bavaria. It is awarded by the Minister-President of Bavaria as a "recognition of outstanding contributions to the Free State of Bavaria and the Bavarian people".[1]

The order was instituted by law on 11 June 1957. The Prime Minister and the Cabinet can nominate awardees.

Hemmerle,[2] a German jewellery house based in Munich founded in 1893, is the only exclusive maker of the Bavarian Order of Merit since it was instituted in 1957.

Recipients

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bayerische Staatsregierung. "Bayerischer Verdienstorden". Bayerischer Landesportal (in German). Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  2. ↑ "Hemmerle Website". Hemmerle. Retrieved 2016-06-27.
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