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Operational Service Medal for the Democratic Republic of Congo

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Awarded for
  
Campaign service

Status
  
Currently awarded

Campaign(s)
  
DROC 2003

Type
  
Military Campaign Medal

Eligibility
  
Members of the United Kingdom armed forces

Description
  
Silver disk, 36 mm diameter.

The Operational Service Medal for the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a 21st-century British armed forces campaign medal, awarded mostly to military personnel who served between 14 June and 10 September 2003 on Operation Coral.

Contents

Medal

The medal is silver and circular in shape and designed as follows:

  • Obverse, shows the crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II.
  • Reverse, bears the Union Flag, surrounded by the inscription ‘For Operational Service’ and the four major points of the compass, with four Coronets: Royal (top left), Naval (top right), Mural-Army (bottom left), and Astral-Royal Air Force (bottom right).
  • Ribbon, a broad central red stripe, flanked each side by a stripe of navy blue and one of light blue, to represent the three services, with an outer stripe of ochre, to represent the Congolese landscape.
  • Clasp, DROC clasp awarded with every medal, a silver rosette denotes the clasp when worn on the ribbon bar.

    • Qualifying criteria

    The medal with clasp is awarded for 25 days continuous service in the Ituri Province between 14 June and 10 September 2003 on Operation Coral.

    References

    Operational Service Medal for the Democratic Republic of Congo Wikipedia
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