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The Pro Meritis Medal (Medaljen Pro Meritis) was a royal Danish medal of merit, instituted on 24 April 1771 and used to reward deserving men of significant importance in various fields of society.
The medal dies were made by the following medallists:
Daniel Adzer in 1771,
Harald Conradsen in 1837 and 1841,
Frederik Krohn in 1853.
The medal was awarded to a total of 70 people, for example:
the gold medal with crown and chain:
Raja Radhakant Deb Bahadur in 1852,
the gold medal with chain and loop:
Hadji Abd Rahman Aga in 1773,
the gold medal:
Christian Adolf Klotz, Adam Gotthelf Kästner in 1771,
Jacob Langebek, Carsten Niebuhr, Pierre-Augustin Guys in 1772,
Lauritz Andreas Andersen Thodal in 1776,
Nicolaus Joseph Baron von Jacquin in 1778,
the silver medal for wearing on a blue ribbon:
Gunnar Kjølsen Friestad in 1777,
the silver medal with a ribbon worn around the neck:
Johannes Madsen in 1791,
the silver medal with a loop:
Ebe Pohn Früdden, Theide (Thies) Peters in 1793.
The other recipients received the gold or silver medal in a case.
Translated from the Danish Wikipedia (article), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
