Editing Order of Merit (section)

==Order of wear==
As the Order of Merit is open to the citizens of 15 countries, each with their own system of orders, decorations, and medals, the order's place of [[Order of precedence|precedence]] varies from country to country. While, in the United Kingdom, the order's postnominal letters follow those of Knights and Dames Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Bath]], membership in the Order of Merit itself gives members no place in any of the [[orders of precedence in the United Kingdom]]. However, Stanley Martin says in his book ''The Order of Merit 1902–2002: One Hundred Years of Matchless Honour'', that the Order of Merit is the pinnacle of the British honours system.<ref name="Jackson" /> Similarly, though it was not listed in the [[Canadian order of precedence]] for honours, decorations, and medals until December 2010,<ref>{{Cite journal| last=Government of Canada| author-link=Government of Canada| title=Order of Merit (O.M.) Order| journal=Canada Gazette| volume=144| issue=25| date=8 December 2010| publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada| url=http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2010/2010-12-08/html/si-tr88-eng.html| id=SI/2010-88| access-date=10 December 2010| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219053759/http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2010/2010-12-08/html/si-tr88-eng.html| archive-date=19 December 2010}}</ref> Christopher McCreery, an expert on Canadian honours and secretary to the [[Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia]], stated that the Order of Merit was the highest civilian award for merit a Canadian could receive.<ref>{{cite book| last=McCreery| first=Christopher| author-link=Christopher McCreery| title=The Order of Canada: Its Origins, History and Development| publisher=University of Toronto Press| location=Toronto| year=2005| isbn=0-8020-3940-5}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Taber |first=Jane |title=Chrétien 'thrilled' by rare honour from Queen |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=13 July 2009 |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/chretien-thrilled-by-rare-honour-from-queen/article4194595/ |access-date=1 June 2019 |archive-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308145159/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/chretien-thrilled-by-rare-honour-from-queen/article4194595/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Some orders of precedence are as follows:

{| class="wikitable"
! Country !! Preceding !! Following
|-
! {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Australia]]<br/><small>[[Australian honours order of wearing|Order of wear]]<ref>''Commonwealth of Australia Gazette'' no. S192 of Friday, 28 September 2007.</ref></small>
| Knight/Lady of the Most Ancient and Most Noble [[Order of the Thistle]] <small>(KT/LT)</small>
| Knight/Dame of the [[Order of Australia]] <small>(AK/AD)</small>
|-
! {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Canada]]<br/><small>[[Canadian honours order of wearing|Order of wear]]</small><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gg.ca/en/order-precedence |author=Office of the Governor General of Canada |author-link=Governor General of Canada |title=Order of Precedence |publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada |access-date=10 June 2019 |date=18 April 2017 |archive-date=12 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212004125/https://www.gg.ca/en/order-precedence |url-status=live }}</ref>
| [[Cross of Valour (Canada)|Cross of Valour]] <small>(CV)</small>
| Companion of the [[Order of Canada]] <small>(CC)</small>
|-
! {{flagicon|NZ}} [[New Zealand]]<br/><small>[[New Zealand honours order of wearing|Order of wear]]<ref name="Cor-Jub">{{cite web |date=2024-05-03 |title=Order of Wear: Orders, Decorations and Medals in New Zealand |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/our-programmes/new-zealand-royal-honours/honours-lists-and-recipients/information-honours-recipients/order-of-wear-orders-decorations-medals-in-new-zealand |accessdate=2024-10-30 |website=dpmc.govt.nz |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet of New Zealand}}</ref></small>
| Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Most Honourable [[Order of the Bath]] <small>(GCB)</small>
| Member of the [[Order of New Zealand]] <small>(ONZ)</small><ref>{{cite web |url=http://medals.nzdf.mil.nz/info/orderofwear.html |author=New Zealand Defence Force |title=The Wearing of Medals in New Zealand Table – A guide to the correct order of wear |access-date=1 June 2019 |archive-date=24 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224124403/https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/nzdf/personnel-archives-and-medals/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! {{flagicon|UK}} [[United Kingdom]]
<small>[[United Kingdom honours order of wearing|Order of wear]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Page 325 {{!}} Supplement 62529, 11 January 2019 {{!}} London Gazette {{!}} The Gazette |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/62529/supplement/325 |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=www.thegazette.co.uk}}</ref></small>
| Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath <small>(GCB)</small>
| [[Baronet|Baronet's Badge]] <small>(Bt)</small><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=56878|supp=y|page=3351|date=17 March 2003}}</ref>
|}