Post-nominal letters

Post-nominal letters, commonly called post-nominals, are letters placed after a person's name to indicate that the individual holds a position, academic degree, accreditation, office, military decoration, or honor. The order in which post-nominals are listed after a name is based on rules of precedence and what is appropriate for a given situation.

Post-nominals in TRMN

In The Royal Manticoran Navy: The Official Honor Harrington Fan Association, Inc. (TRMN), a member may place post-nominals after their name based on awards they have been issued. The awards which qualify for post-nominals, as well as the order in which they are written, are all based on the canon usage of the Star Kingdom of Manticore as developed by BuNine. Mirroring real-world Imperial German practice, members of the Imperial Andermani Navy do not use post-nominals.

Manticoran honors and decorations post-nominals

Number indicates precedence order of post-nominals:

#
1	PMV	Parliamentary Medal of Valor
2	QCB	Queen's Cross for Bravery
3	AC	Adrienne Cross
4	KSK	Order of the Star Kingdom
5	GCR	Knight Grand Cross, Order of King Roger
6	GCGL	Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Golden Lion
7	GCE	Knight Grand Cross, Order of Queen Elizabeth
8	OM	Order of Merit
9	KDR	Knight Commander, Order of King Roger
10	KDGL	Knight Commander, Order of the Golden Lion
11	KDE	Knight Commander, Order of Queen Elizabeth
12	KCR	Knight Companion, Order of King Roger
13	KCGL	Knight Companion, Order of the Golden Lion
14	KCE	Knight Companion, Order of Queen Elizabeth
15	MC	Manticore Cross
	CS	Cormany Star
16	OC	Osterman Cross
	DSM	Distinguished Service Medal
17	KR	Knight, Order of King Roger
18	KGL	Knight, Order of the Golden Lion
19	KE	Knight, Order of Queen Elizabeth
20	CR	Companion, Order of King Roger
21	CGL	Companion, Order of the Golden Lion
22	CE	Companion, Order of Queen Elizabeth
23	SC	Saganami Cross
	MM	Manticore Medal
24	DGC	Distinguished Gallantry Cross
	LM	Leonard Medal
25	OR	Officer, Order of King Roger
26	OGL	Officer, Order of the Golden Lion
27	OE	Officer, Order of Queen Elizabeth
28	OG	Order of Gallantry
	MG	Medal of Gallantry
29	NS	Navy Star
	QAM	Queen's Army Medal
30	DSO	Distinguished Service Order
31	MR	Member, Order of King Roger
32	MGL	Member, Order of the Golden Lion
33	ME	Member, Order of Queen Elizabeth
34	CGM	Conspicuous Gallantry Medal
35	GS	Gryphon Star
36	OCN	Order of the Crown for Naval Service
	OCA	Order of the Crown for Army Service
37	QBM	Queen's Bravery Medal
38	RM	Medal, Order of King Roger
39	MGL	Medal, Order of the Golden Lion
40	EM	Medal, Order of Queen Elizabeth
41	CBM	Conspicuous Bravery Medal
42	PC	Member of Her Majesty's Privy Council
43	MP	Member of Parliament

Service Branch post-nominals

Additionally, the Manticoran or allied branch in which a member serves is often designated by the initials of that branch written as post-nominals.

example: "CDR John Doe, RMN" indicates that John Doe is a commander in the Royal Manticoran Navy.

The initials for the service branch may be used along with award post-nominals, in which case they will be placed after all award post-nominals.

	Service Branch
RMN	Royal Manticoran Navy
RMMC	Royal Manticoran Marine Corps
RMA	Royal Manticoran Army
GSN	Grayson Space Navy
RHN	Republic of Haven Navy
IAN	Imperial Andermani Navy
SIS	Special Intelligence Service
RMMM	Royal Manticoran Merchant Marine
RMACS	Royal Manticoran Astro Control Service
SFC	Sphinx Forestry Commission

See also

• rules for post-nominal use in Mantipedia articles
• list of abbreviations used in TRMN