Civilian Service Medal (Afghanistan)

British campaign medal

Award

Civilian Service Medal (Afghanistan)

Obverse and reverse of the medal

Type| Campaign medal
Awarded for| 30 days continuous service, or 45 days aggregate service over a period of one calendar year, in Afghanistan, since 19 November 2001
Description| Cupro-nickel, 36 mm diameter
Presented by| UK
Eligibility| FCO civilian personnel, contractors
Post-nominals| None
Clasps| None
Established| 6 April 2011[1]
Total| 2469 (as of 28 February 2017)[2]

Ribbon bar

Related| Operational Service Medal for Afghanistan
Iraq Reconstruction Service Medal

The Civilian Service Medal (Afghanistan) is awarded by the British government to civilians (and members of the UK Armed Forces in certain non-combat roles) to recognise service since 19 November 2001 in the transition to democracy in Afghanistan.

## Eligibility

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The medal can be awarded to:[3][4][5]

* Crown servants, whether recruited in the United Kingdom, Afghanistan or elsewhere, including members of the Armed Forces under operational control of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), police officers, and contractors, directly employed by the British Government with, or in support of, an FCO Provisional Reconstruction Team or the British Embassy in Kabul;
* who have served in the geographical territory of Afghanistan on or after 19 November 2001, for 30 days continuously, or 45 days aggregated over a period of one calendar year (provided that the visits are for a minimum of 48 hours each).
* There was no minimum qualifying period for those killed, captured, wounded or disabled during service, or where a recipient received a British honour or decoration, provided the individual had originally been expected to complete the qualifying period.
* The medal was not awarded to those eligible for the Operational Service Medal for Afghanistan.
* Locally employed civilians were not eligible.
* Those employed on or providing material support to Operation Pitting such as Home Office, Border Force and FCO officials.

## Description

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* The Civilian Service Medal (Afghanistan) is circular (36.07 mm in diameter and 4 mm thick), struck in cupro-nickel with a rhodium plating/coating.[3]
* It has the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Queen Elizabeth II with the wording ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA FID DEF on the obverse and an Afghanistan mountain scene with the word Afghanistan written in Latin and Arabic lettering on the reverse. The recipient's name is inscribed on the rim.[3]
* The medal has a plain, straight suspender. The 32 millimetre-wide ribbon is sand-coloured with a broad green central stripe and narrow pale grey stripes towards each edge. The ribbon is the same as for the Iraq Reconstruction Service Medal but with grey, rather than blue thin stripes.[6]

## Post-nominal letters

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The medal carries no rights to the use of post-nominal letters.

## References

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1. ^ "No. 59824". The London Gazette. 20 June 2011. p. 11625.
2. ^ "FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 REQUEST REF: 0273-17" (PDF). Afghanistan Unit Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
3. ^ a b c The Civilian Service Medal (Afghanistan), Cm 8094, The Stationery Office, June 2011.
4. ^ "Honours and Awards in the Armed Forces (JSP 761) (V5.0 Oct 16). Table 8A.08, page 8A-11". MoD Joint Services Publication. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
5. ^ "Guidance, Civilian Service Medal, Afghanistan". GOV.UK website. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
6. ^ John Mussell (ed). Medal Yearbook 2015. p. 206\. Published by Token Publishing Ltd. Honiton, Devon.

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British campaign medals

18th century|

* Naval General Service Medal (1793–1840)
* Naval Gold Medal (1793–1815)
* Military General Service Medal (1793–1814)

19th century|

* Army of India Medal (1803–26)
* Army Gold Cross/Army Gold Medal (1806–14)
* Waterloo Medal (1815)
* South Africa Medal (1834–6, 1846–7, 1850–3)
* Ghuznee Medal (1839)
* First China War Medal (1839–42)
* Jellalabad Medals (1841–2)
* Candahar, Ghuznee, Cabul Medal (1842)
* Medal for the Defence of Kelat-I-Ghilzie (1842)
* Scinde Medal (1843)
* Gwalior Star (1843)
* Sutlej Medal (1845–6)
* New Zealand Medal (1845–7, 1860–6)
* Punjab Medal (1848–9)
* India General Service Medal (1852–95)
* Baltic Medal (1854–5)
* Crimean War Medal (1854–6)
* Indian Mutiny Medal (1857–8)
* Second China War Medal (1857–60)
* Canada General Service Medal (1866–70)
* Abyssinian War Medal (1867–8)
* Ashantee Medal (1873–4)
* South Africa Medal (1877–9)
* Afghanistan Medal (1878–80)
* Kabul to Kandahar Star (1880)
* Cape of Good Hope General Service Medal (1880–1, 1896–7)
* Egypt Medal (1882–9)
* Royal Niger Company Medal (1886–97)
* North West Canada Medal (1885)
* East and West Africa Medal (1887–1900)
* British South Africa Company Medal (1890–7)
* Central Africa Medal (1891–8)
* India Medal (1895–1902)
* Ashanti Star (1895–6)
* Queen's Sudan Medal (1896–8)
* East and Central Africa Medal (1897–9)
* Queen's South Africa Medal (1899–1902)
* Queen's Mediterranean Medal (1899–1902)
* Transport Medal (1899–1902)
* China War Medal (1900)
* Ashanti Medal (1900)

20th century
pre-First World War|

* King's South Africa Medal (1902)
* Africa General Service Medal (1902–56)
* Tibet Medal (1905)
* Natal Native Rebellion Medal (1906)
* India General Service Medal (1909)

First World War|

* 1914 Star
* 1914–15 Star
* British War Medal
* Mercantile Marine War Medal
* Victory Medal (United Kingdom)
* Victory Medal (South Africa)
* Territorial War Medal

Inter-World Wars|

* Naval General Service Medal (1915)
* General Service Medal (1918)
* India General Service Medal (1936)

Second World War|

* 1939–1945 Star
* Atlantic Star
* Arctic Star
* Air Crew Europe Star
* Africa Star
* Pacific Star
* Burma Star
* Italy Star
* France and Germany Star
* Defence Medal
* War Medal 1939–1945
* Canadian Volunteer Service Medal
* Africa Service Medal
* India Service Medal
* New Zealand War Service Medal
* Australia Service Medal
* Southern Rhodesia Service Medal

Post-Second World War|

* Korea Medal (1951)
* Nuclear Test Medal (1952)
* General Service Medal (1962)
* Rhodesia Medal (1980)
* South Atlantic Medal (1982)
* Gulf Medal (1992)

21st century|

* OSM for Sierra Leone (2000)
* OSM for Afghanistan (2002)
* OSM for Democratic Republic of Congo (2003)
* Iraq Medal (2004)
* Iraq Reconstruction Service Medal (2004)
* Civilian Service Medal (Afghanistan) (2011)
* Ebola Medal (2015)
* General Service Medal (2008) (2015)
* OSM for Iraq & Syria (2017)
* Humanitarian Medal (2023)
* Wider Service Medal (2024)

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