Order of Merit (UK)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Order_of_Merit_(UK)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:order_of_merit
gptkbp:admission	personal gift of the Sovereign
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:eligibility	British and Commonwealth citizens
gptkbp:established	1902
gptkbp:female_members	admitted since 1907
gptkbp:founder	gptkb:King_Edward_VII
gptkbp:headOfState	gptkb:Charles_III
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Order of Merit (UK)
gptkbp:insignia	gptkb:award
gptkbp:insignia_description	gold and enamel badge with a crown and laurel wreath
gptkbp:motto	For Merit
gptkbp:notableMembers	gptkb:David_Attenborough gptkb:Elizabeth_II gptkb:Florence_Nightingale gptkb:Margaret_Thatcher gptkb:Stephen_Hawking gptkb:Winston_Churchill
gptkbp:numberOfMembers	24
gptkbp:postNominals	gptkb:OM
gptkbp:precedence	above all other orders except the Order of the Garter and the Order of the Thistle
gptkbp:purpose	recognition of distinguished service in the armed forces, science, art, literature, or for the promotion of culture
gptkbp:ribbonColor	red
gptkbp:title	gptkb:Sovereign
gptkbp:type	single-class order
gptkbp:website	https://www.royal.uk/order-merit
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Tōgō_Heihachirō gptkb:Sultan_Qaboos_bin_Said_al_Said gptkb:Hussein_bin_Talal_bin_Abdullah_bin_Hussein gptkb:Sultan_Hassanal_Bolkiah
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5