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MINIATURE CIVILIAN SERVICE MEDAL AFGHANISTAN

ON 7 JUNE 2011 THE FOREIGN SECRETARY LAID A COMMAND PAPER BEFORE PARLIAMENT INSTITUTING THE CIVILIAN SERVICE MEDAL (AFGHANISTAN. THE MEDAL WILL BE AWARDED TO CIVILIANS WHO ARE DEDICATED TO THE GOVERNMENT'S WORK TOWARDS A STABLE AND SECURE AFGHANISTAN.

CIVILIANS CARRY OUT A VAST RANGE OF WORK INCLUDING WORK ON DIPLOMACY, POLICING AND JUSTICE, TO COMPLEMENT THE MILITARY EFFORTS IN AFGHANISTAN  

THE UK'S STABILISATION UNIT, A JOINT CIVILIAN-MILITARY MISSION, SUPPLIES MANY EXPERTS TO AFGHANISTAN. THE UNIT DRAWS A WIDE RANGE OF PEOPLE, FROM AGRICULTURAL ADVISORS TO ECONOMISTS AND PROJECT MANAGERS TO RETIRED POLICE OFFICERS, TO DEPLOY IN AFGHANISTAN.

JUST OUTSIDE LASHKAR GAR, THE CAPITAL OF THE HELMAND PROVINCE IN AFGHANISTAN, EXPERTS CURRENTLY PROMOTING POLICING AND JUSTICE, DEVELOPING LOCAL GOVERNMENT INSTITUTONS, AND COUTERING THE NARCOTICS INDUSTRY.

THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR THE MEDAL ARE:

ANY CROWN SERVANT, WHETHER RECRUITED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, AFGHANISTAN OR ELSEWHERE, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF HER MAJESTY'S UK ARMED FORCES, UNDER OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF THE FCO WHO SATISFY THE QUALIFICATION CRITERIA AND ARE NOT QUALIFYING FOR ANY OTHER MEDAL INCLUDING THE OPERATIONAL SERVICE MEDAL (OSM) AFGHANISTAN AND THE ACCUMULATED CAMPAIGN SERVICE MEDAL.


SUPERB DIE STRUCK  MEDAL.

MADE IN THE U.K

Specifications

Mount
Medal is provided with 6 inches of ribbon.
Mount Type
Court Mounted
Condition
New

MINIATURE CIVILIAN SERVICE MEDAL AFGHANISTAN

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