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The Canadian peacekeeping Service Medal was designed by Bruce W. Beatty and is in the form of a 36 millimetres (1.4 in) diameter disc with, on the obverse, the words PEACEKEEPING • SERVICE DE LA PAIX, separated by maple leaves, surrounding a rendition of the three Canadian Peacekeeper figures that top the Peacekeeping Monument in Ottawa; one is an unarmed United Nations Military Observer ...
The medal is awarded with this bar for service that has is not recognized by another award, decoration or medal within the Canadian honours system. [5] Effective 21 June 2001, no additional peacekeeping operations are approved for this bar. Peacekeeping service is now recognized by the Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal. [1]
Still, the beginnings of a distinct Canadian honours system came in March 1934, with the creation of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Long Service Medal by royal warrant of King George V, issued on the advice of the Cabinet of R. B. Bennett; this was the first time an honour specific to Canada and for service in Canada had been established by ...
Canada Medal; Canadian Centennial Medal; Canadian Forces Medallion for Distinguished Service; Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal; Commissionaires Long Service Medal; Corrections Exemplary Service Medal; Cross of Valour (Canada)
Canadian Volunteer Service Medal; Clan of the Gallant Canadians; Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal; Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration;
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Long Service Medal was established by royal warrant on 6 March 1934 by King George V.It is the oldest continually awarded honour within the Canadian honours system, and the first created specifically for Canadian service within Canada. [2]
The Canadian delegation to the United Nations Conference on International Organization, San Francisco, May 1945 [16]. Canada's foreign policy of peacekeeping, peace enforcement, peacemaking, and peacebuilding has been intertwined with its tendency to pursue multilateral and international solutions since the end of World War II.
Recipient of the Africa General Service Medal (1902–56) Recipient of the India General Service Medal (1908–35) Recipient of the Naval General Service Medal (1915–62) Recipient of the India General Service Medal (1936–39) Recipient of the General Service Medal - Army and Air Force (1918–62) Recipient of the General Service Medal (1962–)