Common Security and Defence Policy Service Medal
The Common Security and Defence Policy Service Medal (named the European Security and Defence Policy Service Medal prior to 2009) is an international military decoration awarded to individuals, both military and civilian, who have served with CSDP missions. Since the 1990s the European Union has taken a greater role in military missions both in Europe and abroad. These actions were taken under the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), which is implemented by the European Union Military Staff, a department of the EU. To recognize service in these missions the EU authorized the creation of a medal with a common obverse and reverse, to which clasps featuring the missions' name are attached to the ribbon bar.
Also recorded as Meritorious Services Medal of the Common European Security and Defense Policy
Common Security and Defence Policy Service Medal
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The Common Security and Defence Policy Service Medal (named the European Security and Defence Policy Service Medal prior to 2009) is an international military decoration awarded to individuals, both military and civilian, who have served with CSDP missions. Since the 1990s the European Union has taken a greater role in military missions both in Europe and abroad. These actions were taken under the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), which is implemented by the European Union Military Staff, a department of the EU. To recognize service in these missions the EU authorized the creation of a medal with a common obverse and reverse, to which clasps featuring the missions' name are attached to the ribbon bar.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Common Security and Defence Policy Service Medal • Type — Service Medal • Eligibility — Civilian and military members of CSDP missions • Awarded For — At least 30 days of service for each mission • Status — Currently awarded • Motto — Pro Pace Unum (Together For Peace) • Established — 1 January 2003 • Firstawarded — 2004 • Higher — Varies by country • Lower — Varies by country • Image2 — CSDP ALTHEA Operations medal ribbon bar CSDP ALTHEA Staff medal ribbon bar CSDP EUTM Mali Medal for Extraordinary Meritorious Service • Illustration — CSDP service medal of Operation Sophia
Appearance
Appearance
The medal is 36 mm 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". 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 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
Ribbons and clasps
• Police Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (EUPM), 1 January 2003 – 30 June 2012 • EUFOR Concordia, 31 March 2003 – 15 December 2003 • Operation Artemis, 12 June 2003 – 1 September 2003 • EUPOL Proxima in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, 15 December 2003 – 14 December 2005 • EUFOR Althea, 2 December 2004 – • Reform Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (EUSEC RD Congo), 8 June 2005 – 2016 • AMIS EU Supporting Action, 18 July 2005 – 31 December 2007 • Border Assistance Mission for the Rafah Crossing Point (EUBAM Rafah), 25 November 2005 – • Coordinating Office for Palestinian Police Support (EUPOL COPPS), 1 January 2006 – • EUFOR RD Congo, 12 June 2006 – 30 November 2006 • Police Mission to Afghanistan (EUPOL Afghanistan), 15 June 2007 – 31 December 2016 • Bridging Operation in Chad and the Central African Republic (EUFOR Tchad/RCA), 17 March 2008 – 15 March 2009 • European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM Georgia), October 2008 – • EU Naval Operation Atalanta, 5 November 2008 – • EU operations in Kosovo (including combined EU Election Observation Missions, European Commission and some early EULEX Kosovo awards), 9 December 2008 – • Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX Kosovo), 9 December 2008 – present • European Union Somalia Training Mission (EUTM Somalia), in Uganda, May 2010 – present • European Union Regional Maritime Capacity Building for the Horn of Africa and the Western Indian Ocean (EUCAP Somalia formerly EUCAP NESTOR), 16 July 2012 – present • EUTM Mali, January 2013 – May 2024 • European Union Aviation Security Mission in South Sudan (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 • EUNAVFOR Aspides, February 2024 – present
Precedence
Precedence
Some orders of precedence are as follows: • Country — Preceding — Following • Canada Order of precedence — International Force East Timor Medal — Polar Medal • Ireland Order of seniority — European Union Monitoring Mission Medal — International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia Medal • Spain Order of precedence — Western European Union Medal — UNAVEM Medal • The Netherlands Order of precedence — European Community Monitor Mission Medal — Baltic Air Policing Medal • New Zealand Order of precedence — NATO Medal for the Non-Article 5 ISAF Operation in Afghanistan — New Zealand General Service Medal 2002 (Timor-Leste) • United Kingdom Order of precedence — Western European Union Medal — Commonwealth realms orders and decorations
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.National Defence and the Canadian Forces. European Security and Defence Policy Service Medal (ESDP). 2008-04-29.
- 2.Ministry of Defence. HONOURS AND AWARDS IN THE ARMED FORCES. JSP 761. 8A–10. May 2008.
- 3.Ministry of Defence & Armed Forces of the Czech Republic. EU honours Czech soldier with highest award.
- 4.McCreery, Christopher. The Canadian honours system. The Dundurn Group. 246–. 2005. 1-55002-554-6.
- 5.EU Commons Security and Defence Policy. EUPOL Proxima/FYROM.
- 6.Department of Justice Canada. European Security and Defence Policy Service Medal Order. Statutory Instrument 2004-162. 2004-12-29.
- 7.Irish Defence Forces. Medals of the Irish Defence Forces. 99. October 2010.
- 8.Barrio, Antonio Prieto. Spanish Ribbon Chart. Colecciones Militares. 2011-06-05.
- 9.Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties. Besluit draagvolgorde onderscheidingen. Staatscourant van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden. 18 October 2017.
- 10.New Zealand Defence Force. THE WEARING OF MEDALS IN NEW ZEALAND TABLE – A GUIDE TO THE CORRECT ORDER OF WEAR. 23 June 2011.
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