Order of Military Merit (Dominican Republic)
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
This article may be confusing or unclear to readers. (August 2022) |
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[1] |
Next (lower) | Order of Air Merit[1] |
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.
See also
Categories:
- CS1 Spanish-language sources (es)
- All articles with dead external links
- Articles with dead external links from August 2022
- Webarchive template wayback links
- Articles lacking reliable references from August 2022
- All articles lacking reliable references
- Wikipedia articles needing clarification from August 2022
- All Wikipedia articles needing clarification
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- Articles containing Spanish-language text
- Orders, decorations, and medals of the Dominican Republic
- Awards established in 1930
- Dominican Republic–United States military relations
- Military awards and decorations of the Banana Wars
- 1930 establishments in the Dominican Republic
- All stub articles
- Dominican Republic stubs