Order of Merit "KMS", and the Order of Artistic Merit for Knights of Merit in Art, with the post-nominal letters "KMA". However, Sir Frederic Leighton, President of the Royal Academy, advised against the new order, primarily because of its selection process. Victoria's son, King Edward VII, eventually founded the Order of Merit on 26 June 1902 (the date for which his coronation had been originally planned) as a means to acknowledge "exceptionally meritorious service in Our Navy and Our Army, or who may have rendered exceptionally meritorious service towards the advancement of Art, Literature and Science". All modern aspects of the order were
Order of Merit of the Prussian Crown the date "18 January 1901". The star of the order is a golden eight-pointed star with straight rays, displaying the central disc from the obverse of the badge. The sash of the order is blue, edged with orange stripes. The medal was awarded only 57 times. General von Gossler was the only person who received the awards in both departments. Order of Merit of the Prussian Crown The Order of Merit of the Prussian Crown ("Verdienstorden der Preußischen Krone") was an award of civil and military merit established 18 January 1901 by King Wilhelm II on the occasion of the