Cadet Forces Medal

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{{Infobox award

|name=Cadet Forces Medal

|image=Reverse Cadet Force Medal.jpg

|caption=Reverse of medal

|presenter=United Kingdom and New Zealand and formerly Australia

|type=Long service medal

|eligibility=Commissioned Officers and non commissioned officers of the UK Cadet Forces, and Commissioned Officers of the Australian (prior to 1974) and New Zealand Cadet Forces.

|awarded_for=12 years' service.

|campaign=

|status=Currently awarded

|description=

|clasps= every 8 years additional service in NZ or 6 additional years in the UK

|established=1 February 1950

|firstawarded=

|lastawarded=

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|total_recipients=

|individual=

|precedence_label=Order of Wear

|higher= Queen's Medal for Champion Shots of the Air Forces{{London Gazette|issue=56878|page=3353|supp=y|date=17 March 2003}}{{cite web|url=http://medals.nzdf.mil.nz/info/orderofwear.html#e12|title=The Wearing of Medals in New Zealand Table|publisher=New Zealand Defence Force|accessdate=5 July 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225092758/http://medals.nzdf.mil.nz/info/orderofwear.html#e12|archivedate=25 February 2009}}

|same=

|lower= H.M. Coastguard Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (United Kingdom)
New Zealand Defence Service Medal (New Zealand)

|related=

|image2=Cadet Forces Medal ribbon.png

|image2_size=90px

|caption2=Ribbon

}}

The Cadet Forces Medal is awarded to recognise long and efficient service by Commissioned Officers and non commissioned adult instructors of the UK Cadet Forces: The Army Cadet Force, the Air Training Corps, the Sea Cadet Corps, the Volunteer Cadet Corps and Combined Cadet Force, and Commissioned Officers of the New Zealand Cadet Forces. Authorised by a Royal warrant{{cite web |url=http://medals.nzdf.mil.nz/warrants/e12warrant.html |title=NZDF - the Cadet Forces Medal Royal Warrant |website=medals.nzdf.mil.nz |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100526163216/http://medals.nzdf.mil.nz/warrants/e12warrant.html |archive-date=26 May 2010 |url-status=dead}} it is awarded for 12 years service.{{cite web |url=http://medals.nzdf.mil.nz/warrants/e12reg.html |title=NZDF - the Cadet Forces Medal |website=medals.nzdf.mil.nz |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603223236/http://medals.nzdf.mil.nz/warrants/e12reg.html |archive-date=3 June 2010 |url-status=dead}}[http://medals.nzdf.mil.nz/warrants/e12reg.html The Cadet Forces Medal Regulations, (medals.nzdf.mil.nz), accessed May 4, 2010]{{Failed verification|date=March 2021}} Additional clasps are issued for every 8 years additional service in New Zealand & for 6 additional years in the UK.{{Cite web |url=http://www.armycadetforce.net/military-knowledge/cadet-forces/191-the-cadet-forces-medal.html |title=The Cadet Forces Medal, (armycadetforce.com), accessed May 4, 2010 |access-date=2010-05-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603033848/http://www.armycadetforce.net/military-knowledge/cadet-forces/191-the-cadet-forces-medal.html |archive-date=2010-06-03 |url-status=dead }}

The Cadet Forces Medal was issued to Officers and Instructors within the Australian Sea Cadet Corps/Naval Reserve Cadets, Australian Army Cadet Corps and Air Training Corps between 1950 and 1974. In Australia, the award was superseded in 1999 by the Australian Cadet Forces Service Medal which was backdated to include service prior to 1999 not used for the award of the Cadet Forces Medal.http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/awards/medals/australian_cadet_forces_service_medal.cfm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912001928/http://itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/awards/medals/australian_cadet_forces_service_medal.cfm |date=2009-09-12 }} The Australian Cadet Forces Medal, (www.itsanhonour.gov.au), accessed 23 May 2010