Overseas Medal

Overseas Medal Médaille d’Outre-Mer
Overseas and revers of the medal with a number of clasps
Awarded by  France
Type	Commemorative Medal
Awarded for	Participating in operations outside national territory
Status	Currently awarded
Statistics
Established	6 June 1962
Precedence
Next (higher)	Medal of French Gratitude
Next (lower)	Médaille de la Défense nationale
Related	Colonial Medal
Ribbon bar of the medal

The Overseas Medal (French: Médaille d'Outre-Mer) is a commemorative or campaign medal issued to members of the French Armed Forces for participating in operations outside national territory. It replaced the French Colonial Medal by decree on 6 June 1962.

Description

• Ribbon: sky blue with three vertical white bands, the two side ones of 2mm and the central one of 7mm
• Medal: the work of engraver Georges Lemaire, in silver. A helmeted allegorical effigy of a woman as the personification of the French Republic, circled by the words "République française". The reverse shows a terrestrial globe on top of trophies of military conquest with the words "MEDAILLE D'OUTRE-MER"
• Link: Silver laurel branches.
• Bars: Gilt, showing the territory where the campaign occurred.

Campaign Clasp

The areas of service are indicated by a gilt silver campaign clasp, there are currently 13 available:

• Cambodge (Cambodia)
• Liban (Lebanon)
• Tchad (Chad), awarded to all French personnel, military or otherwise, who served in Chad regardless of the length of service from March 15, 1960 to January 27, 2008 . As of January 28, 2008, the campaign clasp is awarded for fifteen days of consecutive service or a cumulative equivalent of non-consecutive days.
• Mauritanie (Mauritania), awarded to all French personnel, military or otherwise, who served in Mauritania from November 1977 to July 1990, regardless of length of service.
• Moyen-Orient (Middle East)
• Ormuz (Hormuz)
• République centrafricaine (Central African Republic)
• République de Côte d'Ivoire (Republic of Côte d'Ivoire)
• République démocratique du Congo (Democratic Republic of Congo)
• République du Congo (Congo)
• Rwanda (Rwanda)
• Somalie (Somalia)
• Zaïre (Zaire)
• Sahel (Mali)

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  Médaille d' Outre Mer with original ribbon and "Tchad" clasp

Source

• (French) Les décorations françaises, ISBN 2-911468-99-6
• (French) http://www.france-phaleristique.com/accueil.htm