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Irish Defence Forces Medals

AN BoNN SEIRBhíSE ÉIGEANDÁLA

the Emergency Service Medal

medal award:
In October 1944 a medal to be known as “An Bonn Seirḃíse Éigeandála”
or, in English, “The Emergency Service Medal”, was introduced for
officers, non-commissioned officers and privates of the Defence Forces,
members of the Army Nursing and Chaplaincy Services and members
of the Construction Corps who, during the period which commenced on
the 3 September 1939 and ended on the 31 March 1946, rendered the
qualifying service.

Bar to medal:
A bar to the medal is awarded to persons who have rendered the qualifying
service for the award of a bar to the medal, provided that such service
fulfils the conditions applicable to such qualifying service. The bar bears
the inscription 1939-1946.

medal:
The medal is bronze coloured, 35mm in diameter and is awarded for the
following qualifying periods.
oBvERSE
RDf AND LDf • Persons who rendered not less than 365 days service, continuous or
aggregate, in the Defence Forces and three reserve elements: the
Local Defence Forces, the Chaplaincy service and the Army Nursing
Service.

• Persons who rendered not less than 365 days service, continuous
or aggregate, in the Local Security Forces, the Air Raid Precautions
Service or the active divisions of the Irish Red Cross Society.

obverse
All eleven medals carry the same obverse, a figure representing Éire
with an Irish wolfhound and sword and the inscription “Ré na Práinne”
REvERSE
(Emergency Period).

Reverse
A laurel spray, the dates 1939/1946 and the inscription of the organisation
receiving the Medal.
RIBBoN

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