Order of Merit of Samoa

The Samoan Order of Merit is an order recognizing distinguished service in science, art, literature, or religion. per the Honours and Awards Act 1999, admission into the organization is granted by the reigning monarch of Samoa, presently Tufuga Efi, and is limited to 15 living individuals from Samoa, plus an unspecified number of foreigners. All members receive the ability to use the post-nominal letters OM and a medalion for wear, and in the Samoan order of precedence fall between Companions and Officers of the Order of Samoa.

References

• Malietoa Tanumafili II (1999), Honours and Awards Act 1999, Apia: Government of Samoa, http://www.paclii.org/ws/legis/num_act/haaa1999200/, retrieved 30 July 2009