EFFICIENCY DECORATION 69 82Awarded to officers of the T&AVR between 1969 and 1982, with the usual qualifying period of 12 years.

mining incidents and other life-threatening emergencies

Military Personnel must not be on a tour that also qualifies them for the OSM Afghanistan

An officer can be considered eligible for the award of the LS&GCM if 12 or more of the 15 years of his or her service have been in the ranks and provided that the other requirements for the award of the medal have been met

and red represents the African soil

The Cadet Forces Medal is awarded to recognise long and efficient service by Commissioned Officers and non commissioned adult instructors of the UK Cadet Forces: The Army Cadet Force

has been wounded

Instituted in 1866 by Queen Victoria

The Multinational Force and Observers Medal is an international military decoration which was first created on March 24

The rim of the medal is slightly convex - this also indicates that it is a cast medal & not a die-struck medal

The ribbon contains a wide centered stripe of UN blue flanked by a narrow stripe of white and three equal stripes of black

Full size bronzed oak leaf sometimes referred to as the MID Oak Leaf as it is awarded to be added to a medal ribband to denoted that the individual was mentioned in despatches by a senior officer for a specific act or acts during operation

Clasp - St Sebastian