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Medals of the Irish Defence Forces

UNPREDEP 1995

United Nations Preventative Deployment force

mission:
UNPREDEP was established in March 1995 in the Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia. This mission replaced UNPROFOR. The
mission mandate was essentially preventative, to monitor and report any
development in the border areas that could undermine the confidence
and stability in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia or threaten
its territory. The mission terminated in February 1999.

medal:
Medal obverse
The medal bears a map of the world, bronze in colour, surrounded by olive
branches and bearing the letters UN on the top inscribed in bas-relief.

Medal Reverse
The medal reverse contains the expression IN THE SERVICE OF
PEACE inscribed in bas-relief.

ribbon:
oBvERSE The ribbon has the UN blue background, representing peace, upon which
is a broad red field with yellow bands in the middle bordered by thin white
bands, representing the UNPREDEP command presence in Macedonia.

Qualification:
Qualifying period of 90 days of service in the mission area.

REvERSE

RIBBoN

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