- Time Period: Post-WW2
- Year of Institution: 6 April 2011
- Country: Great Britain
The Civilian Service Medal (Afghanistan) is a medal awarded by the British government to civilians (and members of the UK Armed Forces in certain non-combat roles) to recognize service since 19 November 2001 in the transition to democracy in Afghanistan.
The medal can be awarded to:
- Crown servants, whether recruited in the United Kingdom, Afghanistan or elsewhere;
- who have served in the geographical territory of Afghanistan on or after 19 November 2001, for 30 days continuously, or 45 days aggregated;
- No minimum qualifying period for those killed, captured, wounded or disabled during service;
- The medal was not awarded to those eligible for the Operational Service Medal for Afghanistan.
- Locally employed civilians were not eligible.
The Civilian Service Medal Design
The Civilian Service Medal (Afghanistan) is circular and measures 36.07 mm in diameter and 4 mm thick. It’s struck in cupro-nickel with a rhodium plating/coating.
On the obverse, the medal has the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Queen Elizabeth II with the wording ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA FID DEF.
On the reverse, there’s an Afghanistan mountain scene with the word Afghanistan written in Latin and Arabic lettering. The recipient’s name is inscribed on the rim.
- The medal has a plain, straight suspender. The 32 millimeter-wide ribbon is sand-colored with a broad green central stripe and narrow pale grey stripes towards each edge. The ribbon is the same as for the Iraq Reconstruction Service Medal but with grey, rather than blue thin stripes.
