Order of May

Order of May
Awarded by Argentina
Type	Order
Eligibility	Foreigners
Status	Currently awarded
Statistics
Established	17 December 1957
Precedence
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.

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.

The Grades are:

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