Order of Merit Order of Merit The Order of Merit () is an order of merit recognising distinguished service in the armed forces, science, art, literature, or for the promotion of culture. Established in 1902 by King Edward VII, admission into the order remains the personal gift of its Sovereign—currently Edward VII's great-granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II—and is restricted to a maximum of 24 living recipients from the Commonwealth realms, plus a limited number of honorary members. While all members are awarded the right to use the post-nominal letters "OM" and wear the badge of the order, the Order of Merit's precedence among other
Order of Merit of the Kingdom of Hungary on August 20, 1949, the new order was disestablished. Following the collapse of the Communist regime in Hungary in 1989 a new order, known as "Order of Merit of Hungary"' (), was established. Though it has a similar appearance, this is a new order and not a re-establishment of the previous order. Order of Merit of the Kingdom of Hungary The Order of Merit of the Kingdom of Hungary () was established on 14 June 1922 by Miklós Horthy the Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary. On 23 December 1935 it was transformed into an official distinction. Since then if