Police Overseas Service Medal (Australia)

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Police Overseas Service Medal
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Medal and ribbon
Awarded by Australia
Type Medal
Eligibility officers of Australian police forces
Awarded for service with international peace-keeping organisations
Status Currently awarded
Clasps 9 at 30 June 2006
Statistics
Established 25 April 1991
Total awarded 2,456 at 30 June 2006
Precedence
Next (higher) Various Campaign Medals
Next (lower) Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal
Related Australian Service Medal


The Police Overseas Service Medal is an award in the Australian honours system. The award is presented to those members of an Australian Police force who undertake service with international peace-keeping organisations. The award was introduced by letters patent on 25 April 1991.

Recipients of the Police Overseas Service Medal are not entitled to any post-nominal letters as a result.

[edit] Description

  • The Police Overseas Service Medal features a globe of the world surmounted by a branch of wattle, which is Australia's national floral emblem. The globe is centred on Cyprus, the first international deployment of Australian police. The rim of the medal is a chequerboard pattern, which symbolises police forces across the world. The circular, nickel-silver medal is ensigned with the Crown of St Edward.
  • The back of the medal displays a Federation Star. The words 'Police Overseas Service Medal' are inscribed around the rim.
  • The 32 mm-wide ribbon consists of alternating squares of black and white in the chequerboard pattern commonly representative of police services.

[edit] Clasps

Nine clasps have been declared for the Police Overseas Service Medal as of 30 June 2006. These are:

  • Bougainville
November 1997 - Present
  • Cambodia
May 1992 - September 1993
  • Cyprus
May 1964 - Present
  • East Timor
1999 - Present
  • Haiti
November 1994 - March 1995
  • Mozambique
March 1994 - December 1994
  • Solomon Islands
  • Somalia
April 1993 - July 1994
  • Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands|Regional Assistance Mission, Solomon Island (RAMSI)