Corrections Exemplary Service Medal

Corrections Exemplary Service Medal

Obverse and reverse of the Corrections Exemplary Service Medal (Canada).
Awarded by the

monarch of Canada
Type Long Service Medal
Eligibility Canadian correctional services employees[1]
Awarded for 20 years of service[1]
Status Currently awarded
Statistics
Established 11 June 1984[1]
Precedence
Next (higher) Police Exemplary Service Medal[2]
Next (lower) Fire Services Exemplary Service Medal[2]

Ribbon bar of the Corrections Exemplary Service Medal

The Corrections Exemplary Service Medal (French: Médaille pour services distingués en milieu correctionnel) is a Canadian service medal for correctional officers and employees.

It is, within the Canadian system of honours, the second highest of the exemplary service medals.

To qualify for this medal the recipient has to meet the following criteria:

Appearance

The Corrections Exemplary Service Medal is circular, made of silver coloured metal, 36 millimetres (1.4 in) in diameter. The obverse of the medal depicts a maple leaf with a crossed torch and key superimposed upon the centre. Circumscribed around the medal are the words Exemplary Service — Services Distingués. The areas between the edge of the medal and the maple leaf are cut out. The reverse depicts the crowned cypher of the monarch. The recipient's name is engraved on the edge of the medal.[3]

The medal is suspended by a stylized inverted fleur-de-lis on a straight suspension bar. The ribbon of the medal is green, 32 millimetres (1.3 in) wide, with two stripes of gold separating the ribbon into five equal vertical stripes.[3]

Each additional 10 year period of full-time service may qualify recipients for award of a bar to the medal. The bar is silver and bears a stylized maple leaf. When only wearing the ribbon bar, a small silver maple leaf is worn to represent award of the bar.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "The Governor General of Canada > Medals". Gg.ca. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 "The Governor General of Canada > Additional Information". Gg.ca. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 McCreery, Christopher (2005). The Canadian honours system : desiderantes meliorem patriam. Toronto: Dundurn Press. pp. 270–271. ISBN 9781770701922.

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