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           Ribbon of the Order of Merit | 
          
          
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            http://www.medals.org.uk/index.htm | 
          
          
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           Image sourced from 'Medals of the World' website:  http://www.medals.org.uk/index.htm | 
          
          
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             Permission given by Megan Robertson to User:PalawanOz on 22 Apr 2007 for the use of this image in Wikipedia articles 
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