The Butcher's Barrel
BBC NEWS just posted an article on Britain's highest and most unknown merit, which - as it explains - "is compared to France's Legion d'honneur and America's Congressional Gold Medal, but with one big difference. Most people in France and the US have heard of their country's honour, while over here most people have no idea what the Order of Merit is."
Quite intriguing, and makes me want to find out why Rudyard "The Great Imperialist" Kipling turned it down twice.
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