One such badge was awarded to a spacer who served Emperor's Hand Mara Jade dutifully during the Empire Day festivities, in 1 ABY. The Imperial successfully rescued six Imperial officers from a prison facility in a hidden Rebel base on Corellia.
The Rebel Alliance had a similar award named Rebel Alliance Badge of Valor.
The Imperial Badge of Meritorious Service appeared in the 2003 video game Star Wars Galaxies, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts, prior to its closure on December 15, 2011. The Imperial Badge of Meritorious Service was added to the game with the "Game Update 11," published on June 23, 2009, and could be obtained during the Empire Day events in 2009, 2010 and 2011.