The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, 20 July 1942, takes pleasure in presenting the Legion of Merit, in the Degree of Chief Commander to His Highness the Maharaja Mohan Shum Shere Jung Bahadur Rana, Prime Minister and Supreme Commander in Chief of Nepal, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States from December 1941 to April 1948.