The Pro Meritis Award is the most prestigious and is presented for exceptional service to CIOMR including holding a board office. It is awarded by a unanimous decision of the Board, (excluding the potential recipient if he is currently serving).
Note: it is not known when the Pro Meritis was founded. The first recipient that could be traced received the Pro Meritis in 1979; there is no information from before that year
Note: the names of those officers who served in more than one function on the board appear under that office which they filled last before receiving the distinction
| Gunter H. RUETTER www.linkedin.com/pub/gunter-h-ruetter/11/615/25 | 2010 – 2012 (served also as Secretary General 2007 – 2009) | DEU | COPENHAGEN 2012 |
| Bruno PELLETIER | 2008-2010 | FRA | STAVANGER 2010 |
| Filip STRAGIER | 2006-2008 (also coordinator Summer Congress 2005) | BEL | ISTANBUL 2008 |
| Marcia QUINN | 2004-2006 | CAN | VITERBO 2006 |
| Peter J.T. KNUDSEN | 2002-2004 | DNK | VIENNA 2004 |
| John CURNOW | 2000-2002 | GBR | STRASBOURG 2002 |
| Lasse BRAATHEN | 1998-2000 (served also 3 years as Secretary General) | NOR | |
| Paula RYALS | 1996-1998 | USA | |
| Karl Heinz WURSTER | 1994-1996 | DEU | |
| Jean-Michel PAUCHARD | 1990-1992 | FRA | |
| Jean DENIS † | 1986-1988 | BEL | |
| John MACKIMMIE † | 1984-1986 | CAN | |
| Hans THYREGOD | 1982-1984 | DNK | |
| Mike ALLWOOD | 1980-1982 | GBR |
| Walter HENNY | 1996-2003 (served also 2 years as President) | NLD | MAASTRICHT 2003 |
| Marcel DE HAAN | 1983-1993 (served also 2 years as Treasurer) | NLD | |
| André PIRARD | 1979-1983 | BEL | |
| R. MEHL † | 1967-1979 | FRA |
| Youp BERBEN | Vice President | BEL | MAASTRICHT 2003 |
| Edmond HENS | BEL |
| REGINATO | doctor / war hero | ITA |
| Rob VAN DER MEER | Chairman COMEDS | NLD | BRUSSELS 2012 |
| Tinne ZETTERSTRØM | DNK | BRUSSELS 2013 | |
| Jon TENVIK | President CIOR | NOR | COPENHAGEN 2012 |
The Gold Medal is presented for outstanding service to CIOMR. A Board or EC member proposes the award in private to the Secretary General. The Secretary General must ascertain the views of the National Vice Presidents (again in private), and the award is given on the basis of a unanimous decision.
| Gerard NEDELLEC | Chairman COMEDS | FRA | BRUSSELS 2013 |
| Jürgen PRIEBSCH | Secretary - Operational Medicine Committee | DEU | BRUSSELS 2011 |
| Francois MARTELET Hermann RÖMER | Int-Vice-President Secretary of SC | FRA DEU | BRUSSELS 2010 |
| Peter STANWORTH | Vice President - Chair Workgroup Operational Medicine Workshops | GBR | BRUSSELS 2009 |
| Jacques FONDU | International Vice President (2006-2008) | BEL | ISTANBUL 2008 |
| Carman McNARY | President CIOR (2006-2008) | CAN | ISTANBUL 2008 |
| Marc VAN TORRE | Former Staff Officer COMEDS and Staff Officer JMC | BEL | ISTANBUL 2008 |
| Edita STOK | Chair Joint Medical Committee | SVN | ISTANBUL 2008 |
| Christian LE ROUX | Co-organizer of the Summer Congress PARIS 1991 and Strasbourg 2002 - Vice President | FRA | RIGA 2007 |
| Klaus UNDEUTSCH | Organizer of the Summer Congress BERLIN 2000 - Vice President | DEU | BRUSSELS 2007 |
| Edward BEKERIS | International Vice President (2004-2006) | CAN | VITERBO 2006 |
| Tine ZETTERSTRØM | International Vice President (2002-2004) | DNK | VITERBO 2006 |
| John SWEENIE | Vice President - Chair First Aid | GBR | VITERBO 2006 |
| Eileen BONNER | Chair and Secretary First Aid | USA | VITERBO 2006 |
| Elio RUCCI | Vice President - Chair Scientific Committee | ITA | VITERBO 2006 |
| Roger VAN HOOF | Chairman COMEDS - Surgeon General | BEL | GHENT 2005 |
| Norman SCHAEFER | attendee for 20 years | USA | BRUSSELS 2005 |
| Egbert HOUY | Chair First Aid Committee - attendee for 18 years | DEU | BRUSSELS 2005 |
| Alison HAMILTON | Chair Scientific Committee - Vice President | GBR | STRASBOURG 2002 |
| David ATACK | Vice President | USA | |
| J HOOPER | Organizer of the Summer Congress BRIGHTON Vice President | GBR | |
| Marc DE CONINCK | Chairman COMEDS - Surgeon General | BEL | |
| Mario PULCINELLI | Vice President Organizer of the Summer Congress ROME | ITA | |
| Stanley HUBER | Vice President instrumental in obtaining Section Status in AMSUS | USA | |
| WADDELL | Organizer of the Summer Congress CALGARY Vice President | CAN | |
| DESCH | Surgeon General | DEU | |
| John BLATHERWICK | Vice President | CAN | |
| Jean VANDERLINDEN | LO CIOR-NATO | BEL | |
| Jean-Pierre DEJARDIN | Organizer of the Summer Congress LEUVEN 1996 Vice President | BEL | |
| Thomas AUSTIN | Vice President | GBR | |
| Marcel LAMONT | Chief of Staff Belgian Medical Reserve Officers Association | BEL | |
| Stanley DONOHOO | Vice President | USA |
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