The National Order of Honour and Merit is the highest honour of merit of Haiti

Haiti

Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...

. The Order was instituted on 28 May 1926 and is awarded in five grades to both Haitians and foreign nationals. The award is given to acknowledge distinction in not only the realms of diplomacy and politics but also the arts, charitable works and other fields of benefit or interest to Haiti.

Award

The award is a white enamel maltese cross with laterally-pierced ball suspension. The face has a circular central medallion bearing the arms of Haiti within a blue enamel ring inscribed in gilt letters ‘Medaille Honneur et Merite. The reverse with a circular central medallion inscribed ‘Republique D'Haiti’ within a blue enamel ring inscribed in gilt letters ‘Liberte Egalite Fraternite’.