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Minerva McGonagall's Order of Merlin award which she kept in her office at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry became a Foundable in the Calamity which affected the wizarding world in the late 2010s/early 2020s. Notable unworthy recipients were Cornelius Fudge, who gave it to himself despite his less-than-distinguishable career, the fraudulent Gilderoy Lockhart, the treacherous Peter Pettigrew, and Arcturus Black, who was widely believed to have bought it by loaning the Ministry a large amount of gold. It is unknown whether this award was connected to the earlier organisation of the same name.Īs often happened with such highly coveted awards, Ministry of Magic favourites seemed to receive the Order of Merlin, especially the higher classes, more often than one might expect. The award known as the Order of Merlin was created in commemoration of Merlin and was first given out by the Wizengamot in the 15th century. Merlin believed that wizards and witches should help Muggles, and, thus, the Order of Merlin established rules against the use of magic on Muggles. Merlin, whom the Order of Merlin award was namedĪn organisation called the Order of Merlin was founded by Merlin in the Middle Ages. an Order of Merlin, First Class, that had been awarded to Sirius’s grandfather for “Services to the Ministry"." - Arcturus Black was awarded the Order of Merlin for donating a lot of gold