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Lower Saxony Order of Merit

Lower Saxony Order of Merit
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Awarded by the Minister-President of Lower Saxony
Country Germany
Type Civil order of merit
Awarded for Outstanding contributions to the state of Lower Saxony
Statistics
Established 27 March 1961
Precedence
Next (higher) Lower Saxony State Medal (Niedersächsische Landesmedaille)
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Ribbon bar of the order

The Lower Saxony Order of Merit (German: Niedersächsischer Verdienstorden) is a civil order of merit, of the German State of Lower Saxony. The order was established 27 March 1961. The order is presented in three classes, the highest is the Grand Cross of Merit (Großes Verdienstkreuz), the next is the Cross of Merit First Class (Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse), and the lowest is the Cross of Merit on Ribbon (Verdienstkreuz am Bande).



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