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Six medals of this class have been awarded since its creation. [4] Military Medal for Gallantry with Merit (Irish: An Bonn Míleata Calmachta le Tuillteanas) 1944: 1944–present: Known until January 1984 as Military Medal for Gallantry (3rd Class). Two medals of this class have been awarded since its creation. [5] Distinguished Service Medal
The Irish Defence Forces cap badge (or "FF badge" as it is sometimes called) is common to all services and corps of the Defence Forces of Ireland. Although principally associated with the Irish Army (the regulations of the Defence Forces describe it as "the Army Badge"), it is also worn by (and appears in elements of the insignia of) the Naval ...
Rank insignia in the Irish Defence Forces are an indication of the wearer's military rank, and worn by officers and enlisted members of Ireland's Defence Forces as an element of their uniform, typically on a single chest tab or as a shoulder board.
All officers except colonels and higher ranks (who have since 2010 worn a gilt badge backed with red cloth) wear bronze cap badges, marking them out from the enlisted ranks who have anodised aluminium brass coloured cap badges. Irish Army pipe band in uniform
The Service Medal (Irish: An Bonn Seirbhíse) is a military decoration of the Republic of Ireland, it is awarded to members of the permanent Defence Forces for 10 years or more of service. The service medal was instituted on 13 December 1944 by the Irish government. The design has remained the same since. [1]
Their official Irish-language title, Óglaigh na hÉireann, is taken from the equivalent Irish-language title of the Irish Volunteers, as are their cap badge and the buttons worn on ceremonial uniforms (the buttons are still marked with the initials "IV"). [15] The Irish Volunteers were central to the Easter Rising staged in April
The Military Medal For Gallantry (MMG) (Irish: An Bonn Míleata Calmachta) is a military decoration awarded by the Government of Ireland. [1] It is the highest award of the military awards and decorations of Ireland .
The corps has its own insignia, designed by George Sigerson and TJ McKinney around various symbols of medicine and healing from Irish mythology. [2] Its badge displays the words "Óglaigh na hÉireann" (the name of the Defence Forces in Irish) on a scroll at the top. At the bottom is another scroll with the corps' motto, "Comraind Legis".