Common Security and Defence Policy Service Medal
Common Security and Defence Policy Service Medal | |
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CSDP missions | |
Motto | Pro Pace Unum (Together For Peace) |
Status | Currently awarded |
Established | 1 January 2003[1] |
First awarded | 2004 |
CSDP ALTHEA Operations medal ribbon bar CSDP ALTHEA Staff medal ribbon bar[2] CSDP EUTM Mali Medal for Extraordinary Meritorious Service[3] | |
Precedence | |
Next (higher) | Varies by country |
Next (lower) | Varies by country |
The Common Security and Defence Policy Service Medal (named the European Security and Defence Policy Service Medal prior to 2009) is an
Appearance
The medal is 36 mm (1½") in diameter, made of a silver colored metal. All versions share a common design. The obverse of the medal is plain except for a circle of twelve five pointed stars around the outside edge of the medal. The reverse contains the Latin phrase, Pro Pace Unum, meaning "United for Peace".[4] The words are arranged in three lines one word above the other in the center of the medal. The medal is suspended from a 36 mm (1½") ribbon in EU blue with either a wide gold center stripe for headquarters and combat forces, or a wide white stripe for planning and support. Each operation is identified with a different clasp with the name of the operation worn on the ribbon of the medal. A miniature version is worn on the ribbon bar, when medals are not worn.
Ribbons and clasps
This article is missing information about the end dates of various completed missions.(August 2022) |
- Police Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (EUPM), 1 January 2003 –
- EUFOR Concordia, 31 March 2003 – 15 December 2003
- Operation Artemis, 12 June 2003 – 1 September 2003
- Republic of Macedonia, 15 December 2003 – 14 December 2005[5]
- EUFOR Althea, 2 December 2004 –
- EUSEC RD Congo), 8 June 2005 – 2016
- AMIS EU Supporting Action, 18 July 2005 – 31 December 2007
- EUBAM Rafah), 25 November 2005 –
- EUPOL COPPS), 1 January 2006 –
- EUFOR RD Congo, 12 June 2006 – 30 November 2006
- EUPOL Afghanistan), 15 June 2007 – 31 December 2016
- EUFOR Tchad/RCA), 17 March 2008 – 15 March 2009
- EUMM Georgia), October 2008 –
- EU Naval Operation Atalanta, 5 November 2008 –
- EULEX Kosovoawards), 9 December 2008 –
- EULEX Kosovo), 9 December 2008 –
- EUTM Somalia), in Uganda, May 2010 –
- European Union Regional Maritime Capacity Building for the Horn of Africa and the Western Indian Ocean (EUCAP NESTOR), 16 July 2012 –
- EUTM Mali, January 2013 –
- EUAVSEC SOUTH SUDAN), February 2013 – January 2014
- EUFOR RCA, April 2014 – 2015
- EUAM Ukraine, December 2014 – present
- EUMAM RCA, March 2015 – July 2016
- EUNAVFOR Med - Operation Sophia, April 2015 – March 2020
- EUTM-RCA, July 2016 –
- EUAM-Iraq, October 2017 – present
- EUNAVFOR Med - Operation Irini, March 2020 – present
- EUMAM Ukraine, October 2022 – present
- EUM Armenia, January 2023 – present
Precedence
Some orders of precedence are as follows:
Country | Preceding | Following |
Order of precedence[6] |
International Force East Timor Medal | Polar Medal |
Ireland Order of seniority[7] |
European Union Monitoring Mission Medal | International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia Medal
|
Spain Order of precedence[8] |
Western European Union Medal |
UNAVEM Medal |
European Community Monitor Mission Medal | Baltic Air Policing Medal | |
Order of precedence[10] |
NATO Medal for the Non-Article 5 ISAF Operation in Afghanistan | New Zealand General Service Medal 2002 (Timor-Leste)
|
United Kingdom Order of precedence[2] |
Western European Union Medal |
Commonwealth realms orders and decorations
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See also
- European Community Monitor Mission Medal
- Western European Union Mission Service Medal
- International decoration
References
- ^ "European Security and Defence Policy Service Medal (ESDP)". National Defence and the Canadian Forces. 2008-04-29. Archived from the original on 2011-11-16. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
- ^ a b "HONOURS AND AWARDS IN THE ARMED FORCES" (PDF). JSP 761. Ministry of Defence: 8A–10. May 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-08-02. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
- ^ "EU honours Czech soldier with highest award". Ministry of Defence & Armed Forces of the Czech Republic. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
- ^ ISBN 1-55002-554-6.
- ^ "EUPOL Proxima/FYROM". EU Commons Security and Defence Policy. Archived from the original on 2013-02-13. Retrieved 2011-07-29.
- ^ "European Security and Defence Policy Service Medal Order". Statutory Instrument 2004-162. Department of Justice Canada. 2004-12-29. Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
- ^ "Medals of the Irish Defence Forces" (PDF). Irish Defence Forces. October 2010. p. 99. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
- ^ Barrio, Antonio Prieto (2011-06-05). "Spanish Ribbon Chart". Colecciones Militares. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
- ^ "Besluit draagvolgorde onderscheidingen". Staatscourant van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden (in Dutch). Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
- ^ "THE WEARING OF MEDALS IN NEW ZEALAND TABLE – A GUIDE TO THE CORRECT ORDER OF WEAR". New Zealand Defence Force. 23 June 2011. Archived from the original on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 2011-07-05.
External links
- O’Loghlen, John (Spring 2017). "First award of CSDP Medal for Extraordinary Meritorious Service" (PDF). Impetus (23): 21. Retrieved 21 August 2017.