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Order of May

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Type
  
Order

Status
  
Currently awarded

Eligibility
  
Foreigners

Established
  
17 December 1957

Order of May

Next (higher)
  
Order of the Liberator General San Martín

Next (lower)
  
Cross of Heroic Valour in Combat

The Order of May is one of the highest decorations in Argentina. The order is named after the May Revolution which led to the birth of the Republic of Argentina. It was founded as the Order of Merit, and revised to its current form on 17 December 1957.

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History

The Order of May was created as an Order of Merit by Decree No. 8506/46, 1946. In 1957, the rules of the order were modified and the Order of Merit was renamed the Order of May by Decree No. 16,629. The order was further divided into the categories Merit, Military Merit, Naval Merit and Aeronautical Merit.

In 1958 the regulation was further amended and the Necklace of Merit grade class was abolished.

Grades

The Grades are:

  • Knight (Spanish: Caballero)
  • Officer (Spanish: Oficial)
  • Commander (Spanish: Comendador)
  • Grand Officer (Spanish: Gran Oficial)
  • Grand Cross (Spanish: Gran Cruz)
  • Collar (Spanish: Collar)

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