Order of Military Merit (France)

Order of Military Merit
*Ordre du Mérite Militaire*
Order of Military Merit; Ordre du Mérite Militaire;
	Knight's Cross of the Order
Awarded by the King of France
Type	Meritorious award
Established	10 March 1759
Country	France
Royal house	House of France
Motto	Latin: Pro virtute bellica
Eligibility	Non-Catholic military officers
Awarded for	Military merit
Status	Temporarily abolished in 1830 by the July Revolution of France
Founder	Louis XV of France
Precedence
Next (higher)	Order of Saint Michael
Equivalent	Order of Saint Louis; Awarded to Catholics
	; ;

The Order of Military Merit, which was initially known as the Institution of Military Merit (French: Institution du Mérite militaire), was a French military order that was created on 10 March 1759 by King Louis XV for non-Catholic military officers who had assisted the French state.^[1]

^ "Les ordres et décorations de mérite sous l'Ancien Régime" (PDF). musee-legiondhonneur.fr. Le Musée de la Légion d’honneur. Retrieved 1 May 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

[musee-1] "Les ordres et décorations de mérite sous l'Ancien Régime" (PDF). musee-legiondhonneur.fr. Le Musée de la Légion d’honneur. Retrieved 1 May 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}

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