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Guidance: What are the types of Medals - page 2
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Guidance: What are the types of Medals - page 2achievements which benefit the service in the public, for example community engagement with local councils or cadet forcesachievements in the field of sportA limited number are awarded each year.Service boards consider recommendations in April and October every year. To find out how to recommend someone go to:Royal Navy: BR 8748Army: Queen’s Regulations paragraphs 5.392, 10.006 to 10.007 and DIN 2006DIN10-006 for additional informationRAF: AP 3392, Volume 4, Leaflet 2006, Annex AAccumulated Campaign Service Medal
The Accumulated Campaign Service Medal (ACSM) is awarded to army, RAF, RoyalNavy and Royal Marines personnel to recognise continued campaign service.To apply for the ACSM, you must have completed 1,080 days aggregated by 1 January 2008 in theatres which would have merited:a General Service Medal 1962-2007 (Northern Ireland, Air Ops Iraq)an Operational Service Medal(Sierra Leone, Afghanistan)an Iraq MedalIf your aggregated service falls short of 1,080 days by 1 January 2008, the service will go towards the ACSM 2011.If you go on to complete a further 1,080 days aggregated service by 31 December 2007, you will be awarded a bar. The bar is worn on the ribbon of the ACSM.Accumulated Campaign Service Medal 2011
The Accumulated Campaign Service Medal 2011The Accumulated Campaign Service Medal (ACSM) 2011 is awarded to army, RAF, Royal Navy and Royal Marines personnel to recognise continued campaign service.To apply for the ACSM 2011, you must have completed 720 days aggregated service and be serving either on or after 1 January 2008.Your service must have merited:a General Service Medal 1962-2007 (Northern Ireland, Air Ops Iraq)an Operational Service Medal (Sierra Leone, Afghanistan)an Iraq MedalIf you go on to complete a further 720 days aggregated service, you will be awarded a bar. The bar is worn on the ribbon of the ACSM. You can receive more than one bar.Royal Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
The Long Service and Good Conduct (LSGC) Medal for the Royal Navy is awarded to personnel in recognition of long service. The regulations were updated on 1 October 2016.To qualify, you must have:15 years’ reckonable service in the Navya clear record with no misconduct for at least the last 15 yearsbeen serving on or after 29 July 2014, if you’re an officerbeen serving on or after 1 October 2016, if you’re an ‘other rank’have all 3 conduct badges with character judged no lower than ‘very good’You don’t need to apply if you’re currently serving. The MOD medals office is currently processing applications. Talk to your unit HR or go to 2016DIN09-023 or JSP 761 for more information.If you have a disciplinary entry on your record, you will need to wait 15 years from the date of your last offence before you will be eligible again. You should apply through your unit HR.If you have been discharged and are eligible you should apply to the MOD Medal Office.For every additional 10 years’ service with a clear record you’ll be issued a clasp. For example, if you qualify and have served 26 years you will receive the medal and clasp.Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
The Army Long Service and Good Conduct MedalThe Long Service and Good Conduct (LSGC) Medal for the army is awarded to personnel in recognition of long service. The regulations were updated on 1 October 2016.To qualify, you must have:15 years’ reckonable service in the armya clear record with no misconduct for at least the last 15 yearsbeen serving on or after 29 July 2014, if you’re an officerbeen serving on or after 1 October 2016, if you’re an ‘other rank’You don’t need to apply if you’re currently serving. The MOD medals office is currently processing applications. Talk to your unit HR or go to 2016DIN09-023 or JSP 761 for more information.If you have a disciplinary entry on your record, you will need to wait 15 years from the date of your last offence before you will be eligible again. You should apply through your unit HR.If you have been discharged and are eligible you should apply to the MOD Medal Office.For every additional 10 years’ service with a clear record you’ll be issued a clasp. For example, if you qualify and have served 26 years you will receive the medal and clasp.Royal Air Force Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
RAF Long Service and Good Conduct MedalThe RAF Long Service and Good Conduct MedalThe Long Service and Good Conduct (LSGC) Medal for the Royal Air Force is awarded to personnel in recognition of long service. The regulations were updated on 1 October 2016.To qualify, you must have:15 years’ reckonable service in the RAFa clear record with no misconduct for at least the last 15 yearsbeen serving on or after 29 July 2014, if you’re an officerbeen serving on or after 1 October 2016, if you’re an ‘other rank’You don’t need to apply if you’re currently serving. The MOD medals office is currently processing applications. Talk to your unit HR or go to 2016DIN09-023 or JSP 761 for more information.If you have a disciplinary entry on your record, you will need to wait 15 years from the date of your last offence before you will be eligible again. You should apply through your unit HR.If you have been discharged and are eligible you should apply to the MOD Medal Office.For every additional 10 years’ service with a clear record you’ll be issued a clasp. For example, if you qualify and have served 26 years you will receive the medal and clasp.Volunteer Reserves Service Medal
The Volunteer Reserves Service MedalThe Volunteer Reserves Service Medal (VRSM) replaced the separate medals that used to be issued to personnel of the separate Reserve Forces in April 1999.The VRSM is awarded to both officers and other ranks of the:Royal Naval and Royal Marine ReservesArmy Reserves (formerly the Territorial Army)Royal Auxiliary Air ForceThese medals may still be issued for qualifying service ending before 1 April 1999:Royal Naval Reserve DecorationReserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal for the Royal Navy and Royal Marine ReserveTerritorial DecorationEfficiency Medal for the Army ReserveAir Efficiency Award for the Royal Auxiliary Air ForceTo be considered for the VRSM, you must have:10 years’ reckonable service in the Reserve Forcesearned a training bounty in 9 out of the 10 qualifying yearsto have completed a full years training in the year that the 9th bounty was awardedto be serving in the Volunteer Reserves on or after 1 April 1999If you go on to serve an additional 5 years reckonable service you’ll be issued a clasp. The clasp should be worn on the ribbon of the VRSM.There are complex rules for service that has been both regular and reserve.If you think you might be eligible, please contact your Unit HR or apply to the MOD Medal Office.Further information can be found in DCI JS 53/99 and AP3392 Vol 7 Leaflet 702 Annex B.
The Cadet Forces MedalThe Cadet Forces Medal is awarded in recognition of long service in the MOD Sponsored Cadet Forces.To be considered, you must:be a uniformed cadet force adult volunteerhave completed 12 years’ qualifying serviceAll uniformed service in the cadet forces over the age of 18 may be aggregated to fulfil the relevant qualifying period: breaks in service are allowed but are not to be counted towards the length of qualifying service. Up to 3 years’ service with any of the following may be used towards the qualifying service for the medal provided it has not been used towards another medal:Regular ForcesVolunteer Reserve ForcesUniversity Royal Naval UnitsUniversity Officer Training CorpsUniversity Air SquadronsA Clasp will be awarded for each six years’ additional qualifying service (Before 1 April 1991, clasps were awarded for eight years’ additional service). Recommendations for the award of medals and clasps are to be made by cadet units in accordance with the Cadet Forces Medal Regulations published in JSP 814, Policy and Regulations for MOD Sponsored Cadet Forces.The Elizabeth Cross: Died on Operations Recognition Award
Elizabeth CrossThe Elizabeth Cross and miniatureThe Elizabeth Cross and Memorial Scroll are granted to the next of kin of regular, reserve or Royal Fleet Auxiliary personnel who have died on operations, or as a result of an act of terrorism since 1 January 1948:whilst serving on an operation in which personnel received a Campaign Medal, GSM or OSMwhilst serving on an operation in which personnel received a UN, NATO (or other international body) or another nations’ campaign medal in the absence of a UK medalas a result of an act of terrorism where the available evidence suggests they were targeted because of their membership of the UK armed forceson a non medal earning operational task where death has been caused by the inherent high risk of the taska subsequent and premature death as a result of an injury or illness attributed to the circumstances outlined aboveRecipients and how to applyYou can apply for both the Elizabeth Cross and Memorial Scroll. For retrospective claims and when the next of kin is deceased, their legal successor may apply.An additional Memorial Scroll only is available to the following (or their legal successors) where they are not the next of kin:the parents of the deceasedthe spouse or partner of the deceased, or someone who had a substantive relationship with the deceased (a substantive relationship is generally based on joint financial commitment and will have to be proved by the applicant)If you think you might be eligible, contact the MOD Medal Office.Order of wearThere are strict rules surrounding the wearing of medals and decorations.The latest full list of the British Orders of Knighthood, decorations, medals and the order of wear can be found in the 2019 publication of The London GazetteYou can contact the Medals Office if you have a query about the order of wear.Wearing of MedalsYou should only wear official decorations, medals or emblems that you are entitled to and have been approved for acceptance and wear. Unofficial medals should not be worn with official orders, decorations and medals.If you are the next of kin of a deceased service person, it is common practice to wear your relative’s decorations and medals as a mark of remembrance. It is custom to wear medals on the right breast in civilian dress only, official approval is not required to wear relative’s medals.Current serving personnel should not Wear Relative’s Medals or Unofficial Medals whilst wearing uniform.Ensure that your replica and miniature medals are bought from an officially licensed replica medal manufacturer. The merchandise licensing programme generates much needed revenue for our Armed Forces welfare funds that supports Serving and Ex-Serving members of the Armed Forces and their families.If you suspect any replica and miniature medals are unlicensed please report to DIPR-Enforcement@mod.gov.ukThe MOD Medal Office does not issue Unofficial Medals (such as the National Defence Medal, Veterans Star, British Army of the Rhine Medal, etc.).Unofficial Medals, sometimes referred to as ‘commemorative’ medals, are usually designed and manufactured by private medal companies to commemorate some form of service with the Armed Forces, usually where no official MOD recognition has been previously given.These medals have not been approved by Her Majesty The Queen, nor granted permission to wear, and cannot be mounted with official orders, decorations and medals.A recent practice of wearing unofficial medals mounted on a separate medal bar has been noted, however, this also carries no form of official endorsement.Contact the Kang Jin Medal FactoryYou can contact the Medal Factory in writing or via email.Dekay Group Limited (Dongguan Kangjin Apparel Limited)Tel: 86-769-33290361Skype: dekayembMail: sales@dekayemb.com / dekayemb@aol.comWebsite: www.dekayemb.com / www.emblemsfactory.com
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