Canada: Special Service Medal

Ribbon: Dark green with red edges, and white stripes between red and green

Instituted: 1984

Awarded: For service

Obverse Reverse
Bars
PAKISTAN 1989-90 - Sanctioned 6 June 1991, for service with the UN Mine Awareness and Clearance Training Programme preparing refugees to return home to Pakistan.PEACE-PAIX - Sanctioned 26 November 1992, for 180 days' service on peacekeeping operations for which no other medal is awarded.ALERT - Sanctioned 26 November 1992, for 180 days' service at Canadian Forces Station Alert since it began operations on 1 September 1958.
NATO-OTAN - Sanctioned 26 November 1992, for 180 days' service with NATO forces since its foundation on 1 January 1951HUMANITAS - Sanctioned 9 March 1993, for 30 days' service in support of humanitarian operations since 11 June 1984, for which no other medal is awarded.JUGOSLAVIA - Sanctioned 9 March 1993, for 90 days' service with the European Community Monitor Mission in Yugoslavia. Bar cancelled and replaced by the ECMM Medal
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