United Nations Korea Medal - Solomon Brothers Apparel

United Nations Korea Medal

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United Nations Korea Medal

Ribbon is available per centimetre ( minimum 15cms )
100cm = 1 metre


The United Nations Service Medal (Korea) is awarded to those members who were posted for any period with the United Nations (UN) forces in Korea between 27 June 1950 and 27 July 1954.

The medal is also awarded to personnel who served in adjacent areas like Japan and Okinawa operating under UN command or sent to support UN operations in Korea in the relevant period from 1950 to 1954.

Official visitors require 30 days, continuous or aggregate to qualify.

Design

The medal is a circular medal of bronze alloy. The obverse depicts the ‘World-in-a Wreath’ emblem of the UN and the reverse has the inscription: ‘FOR SERVICE IN DEFENCE OF THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS’.

Ribbon

This ribbon has alternating stripes of UN blue and white. A clasp with the inscription ‘KOREA’ is worn on the medal ribbon.