| Police Overseas Service Medal | |
|---|---|
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File:Police Overseas Service Medal (Australia).png File:Police Overseas Service Medal (Australia) ribbon.png Medal and ribbon | |
| Awarded by Australia | |
| Type | Medal |
| Eligibility | officers of Australian police forces |
| Awarded for | service following requests for assistance from foreign governments |
| Status | Currently awarded |
| Clasps | 13 at 8 January 2014 |
| Statistics | |
| Established | 25 April 1991 |
| Total awarded | 4,200[1] |
| Order of Wear | |
| Next (higher) | Various Campaign Medals[2] |
| Next (lower) | Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal[2] |
| Related | Australian Service Medal |
The Police Overseas Service Medal is an award in the Australian honours system. The award is presented to those members of an Australian Police force who undertake service;
- with international peace-keeping organisations, or
- following a request from another government for assistance.
The award was introduced by letters patent on 25 April 1991.
Recipients of the Police Overseas Service Medal are not entitled to any post-nominal letters as a result.
Description[]
- The Police Overseas Service Medal features a globe of the world surmounted by a branch of wattle, which is Australia's national floral emblem. The globe is centred on Cyprus, the first international deployment of Australian police. The rim of the medal is a chequerboard pattern, which symbolises police forces across the world. The circular, nickel-silver medal is ensigned with the Crown of St Edward.
- The back of the medal displays a Federation Star. The words 'Police Overseas Service Medal' are inscribed around the rim.
- The 32 mm-wide ribbon consists of alternating squares of black and white in the chequerboard pattern commonly representative of police services.
Clasps[]
Thirteen clasps have been declared for the Police Overseas Service Medal as of 8 January 2014. These are:
- Afghanistan
- 1 October 2007 – present
- Bougainville
- November 1997 – present
- Cambodia
- May 1992 – September 1993
- Cyprus
- May 1964 – present
- East Timor
- 25 October 1999 – 20 May 2005
- Haiti
- November 1994 – March 1995
- Mozambique
- March 1994 – December 1994
- RAMSI
- Service with the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands, 21 July 2003 – Present
- Solomon Islands
- 1992
- Somalia
- April 1993 – July 1994
- Sudan
- Service with UNMIS, 9 March 2006 – July 2011
- Timor Leste
- 20 May 2005 – December 2012
- TPNG
- 1 July 1949 – 30 November 1973, For Australian Police on duty in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea
- South Sudan
- Service with UNMISS, July 2011 – present
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ Medal Yearbook 2013. Honiton, Devon: Token. 2013. p. 394. ISBN 978-1-908-828-00-2.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The Order of Wearing of Australian Honours and Awards". It's an Honour. Australian Government. http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/awards/docs/order_of_wearing.pdf. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
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