Ka cika wannan magana: A shekara ta 1910, lokacin da 'yan Portugal
mulkin mallaka ya ƙare, Jamhuriyar Portugal ta soke duk umarni sai dai na Tower da Sword. Koyaya, a cikin 1917, a ƙarshen Yaƙin Duniya na Farko, an sake kafa wasu daga cikin waɗannan umarni a matsayin umarni na Merit kawai don ba da lada ga manyan ayyuka ga jihar, ofishin Babban Maigidan mallakar Shugaban Jiha - Shugaban Jamhuriyar. Dokar Soja ta Kristi, tare da sauran umarnin Portugal na Merit, an sake yin gyare-gyare ga Dokokin ta a lokuta da dama, a lokacin Jamhuriyar Farko (1910<unk>1926), sannan a 1962, kuma a 1986.