Order of Merit of Rhineland-Palatinate

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| name = Order of Merit of Rhineland-Palatinate

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| presenter = the Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate

| country = Germany

| type = Civil order of merit

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| awarded_for = Outstanding contributions to the state of Rhineland-Palatinate

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| established = 2 October 1981

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| caption2 = Ribbon bar of the order

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The Order of Merit of Rhineland-Palatinate ({{langx|de|Verdienstorden des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz}}) is a civil order of merit, of the German State of Rhineland-Palatinate. The order is presented for outstanding service to the state and people of Rhineland-Palatinate. It was founded on 2 October 1981, and first awarded in 1982. The order is limited to 800 living recipients.{{cite web |url=http://www.rlp.de/ministerpraesident/staatskanzlei/auszeichnungenehrungen/landesverdienstorden/ |title=Landesverdienstorden | Willkommen in Rheinland-Pfalz |publisher=Rlp.de |access-date=7 May 2012 |language=de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414184604/http://www.rlp.de/ministerpraesident/staatskanzlei/auszeichnungenehrungen/landesverdienstorden/ |archive-date=14 April 2012 }} Through 2012, the order had been awarded 1035 times.{{cite web|url=http://ordensmuseum.de/landesverdienstorden/der-verdienstorden-des-landes-rheinland-pfalz/ |title=Der Verdienstorden des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz |publisher=Ordensmuseum.de |access-date=29 January 2019 |language=de}}