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- ↑ "Les Ordres Nationaux". Grande Chancelerie des Ordres Nationaux du Cameroun (in French). Retrieved 6 April 2023.
- ↑ "THE MEDALS OF THE REPUBLIC". Grande Chancelerie des Ordres Nationaux du Cameroun. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- ↑ "Médailles de la République". Grande Chancelerie des Ordres Nationaux du Cameroun (in French). Retrieved 6 April 2023.
- ↑ "THE ORDER OF VALOUR". Grande Chancelerie des Ordres Nationaux du Cameroun. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- ↑ "THE CAMEROON ORDER OF MERIT". Grande Chancelerie des Ordres Nationaux du Cameroun. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- ↑ "THE AGRICULTURAL ORDER OF MERIT". Grande Chancelerie des Ordres Nationaux du Cameroun. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- ↑ "THE SPORTS ORDER OF MERIT". Grande Chancelerie des Ordres Nationaux du Cameroun. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- ↑ "Les Ordres nationaux - Camerlex". Camerlex (in French). Retrieved 6 April 2023.
- ↑ MINISTERE DU TRAVAIL ET DE LA SECURITE SOCIALE: GUIDE DE L’USAGER (PDF) (in French). MINISTERE DU TRAVAIL ET DE LA SECURITE SOCIALE. 2014. p. 17. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
