Common Security and Defence Policy Service Medal
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| name = Common Security and Defence Policy Service Medal
| image = CSDP medal obv and rev.png
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| caption = Common obverse and reverse of the medal
| presenter = {{EU}}
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| type = Service Medal
| eligibility = Civilian and military members of CSDP missions
| awarded_for = At least 30 days of service for each mission
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| status = Currently awarded
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| motto = Pro Pace Unum (Together For Peace)
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| firstawarded = 2004
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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.{{cite book |title=The Canadian honours system |last=McCreery |first=Christopher |year=2005 |publisher=The Dundurn Group |isbn=1-55002-554-6 |pages=246– |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V5jmWNFPagIC&q=esdp+medal+guide&pg=PA246 }}
Appearance
The medal is {{convert|36|mm|in|frac=2|abbr=on}} 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 {{convert|36|mm|in|frac=2|abbr=on}} 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
- 100px Police Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (EUPM), 1 January 2003 – 30 June 2012
- 100px EUFOR Concordia, 31 March 2003 – 15 December 2003
- 100px Operation Artemis, 12 June 2003 – 1 September 2003
- 100px EUPOL Proxima in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, 15 December 2003 – 14 December 2005{{cite web | title =EUPOL Proxima/FYROM | publisher =EU Commons Security and Defence Policy | url =http://consilium.europa.eu/eeas/security-defence/eu-operations/completed-eu-operations/proxima.aspx?lang=en | access-date =2011-07-29 | archive-date =2013-02-13 | archive-url =https://archive.today/20130213062819/http://consilium.europa.eu/eeas/security-defence/eu-operations/completed-eu-operations/proxima.aspx?lang=en | url-status =dead }}
- 100px EUFOR Althea, 2 December 2004 –
- 100px Reform Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (EUSEC RD Congo), 8 June 2005 – 2016
- 100px AMIS EU Supporting Action, 18 July 2005 – 31 December 2007
- 100px Border Assistance Mission for the Rafah Crossing Point (EUBAM Rafah), 25 November 2005 –
- 100px Coordinating Office for Palestinian Police Support (EUPOL COPPS), 1 January 2006 –
- 100px EUFOR RD Congo, 12 June 2006 – 30 November 2006
- 100px Police Mission to Afghanistan (EUPOL Afghanistan), 15 June 2007 – 31 December 2016
- 100px Bridging Operation in Chad and the Central African Republic (EUFOR Tchad/RCA), 17 March 2008 – 15 March 2009
- 100px European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM Georgia), October 2008 –
- 100px EU Naval Operation Atalanta, 5 November 2008 –
- 100px EU operations in Kosovo (including combined EU Election Observation Missions, European Commission and some early EULEX Kosovo awards), 9 December 2008 –
- 100px Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX Kosovo), 9 December 2008 – present
- 100px 100px European Union Somalia Training Mission (EUTM Somalia), in Uganda, May 2010 – present
- 100px 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
- 100px EUTM Mali, January 2013 – May 2024
- 100px European Union Aviation Security Mission in South Sudan (EUAVSEC SOUTH SUDAN), February 2013 – January 2014
- 100px EUFOR RCA, April 2014 – 2015
- 100px EUAM Ukraine, December 2014 – present
- 100px EUMAM RCA, March 2015 – July 2016
- 100px EUNAVFOR Med - Operation Sophia, April 2015 – March 2020
- 100px EUTM-RCA, July 2016 –
- 100px EUAM-Iraq, October 2017 – present
- 100px EUNAVFOR Med - Operation Irini, March 2020 – present
- 100px EUMAM Ukraine, October 2022 – present
- 100px EUM Armenia, January 2023 – present
- 100px EUNAVFOR Aspides, February 2024 – present
Precedence
Some orders of precedence are as follows:
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Ribbon bars of the European Union}}
- {{cite journal|last1=O’Loghlen|first1=John|title=First award of CSDP Medal for Extraordinary Meritorious Service|journal=Impetus|date=Spring 2017|issue=23|page=21|url=https://eeas.europa.eu/sites/eeas/files/impetus_23_jol_final.pdf|access-date=21 August 2017}}
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