Order of Civil Merit happened on 1926-06-25.
Saskatchewan Order of Merit happened in 1985.
Royal Norwegian Order of Merit happened in 1985.
Order of Merit of the Police Forces happened in 2000-10.
Order of Military Merit - Canada - happened on 1972-07-01.
Ratana Varabhorn Order of Merit happened on 1911-08-01.
Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg happened on 1961-01-23.
Order of Merit happened in 1902.
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Order of the Merit of Chile was created in 1929.
Indian Order of Merit was created in 1837.
The reason(s) I think civil service should be based on merit and fitness is because without merit, one is likely to be dishonest, with dishonesty follows corruption, and corruption follows disaster. fitness is important for those in the military because they may need to fight. In order to fight, one must be at least somewhat fit.
Ladies Merit Cross happened on 1907-10-22.