Order of Military Merit (Dominican Republic)

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

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]

Divisions and classes

The Order is in three divisions:

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

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

First Class: to General Officers.
Second Class: to Superior Officers.
Third Class: to Junior Officers.
Fourth Class: to Non-Commissioned Officers.

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

Recipients

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

^ ^a ^b "Orden Presencial" (in Spanish). Marina.mil.do. Retrieved 2012-01-05.^{[dead link‍]}
^ "Medals of the Dominican Republic" Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine, Jeffrey B. Floyd, International Electronic Phaleristic Encyclopedia, 16 October 1997
^ Law number 21 of the year 1930 that created the Order of Militar Merit
^ Art. 15 of the Law number 21 of the year 1930.