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Order of Merit (UK)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Order_of_Merit_(UK)
GPTKB entity
Statements (31)
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