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Medals of the Irish Defence Forces

wEARING of MEDALS

authorised medals of the Defence forces:
The medals mentioned hereunder (in order of seniority) are the medals authorised to be worn by
personnel to whom they have been awarded.

IrIsh Defence forces meDals

an Bonn míleata calmachta (The Military Medal for Gallantry)
an Bonn seirbhíse Dearscna (The Distinguished Service Medal)
an Bonn Dea-Iompair (The Good Conduct Medal) (No longer awarded)
an Bonn seirbhíse (The Service Medal)
an Bonn seirbhíse (FCA agus SM) (The Service Medal (FCA and SM))
an Bonn seirbhíse Éigeandála (The Emergency Service Medal)
an Bonn chosantóirí síochána na náisiún aontaithe (The United Nations Peacekeepers Medal)
an réalt míleata (The Military Star)

unIteD natIons meDals

1948 United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation (UNTSO)
1949 United Nations Military Observer Group India-Pakistan (UNMOGIP)
1958 United Nations Observer Group in Lebanon (UNOGIL)
1960 Organisation des Nations Unies au Congo (ONUC)
1962 United Nations Observer Group in West Dutch New Guinea (UNTEA)
1964 United Nations Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP)
1965 United Nations India-Pakistan Observer Mission (UNIPOM)
1973 United Nations Emergency Force (Sinai) (UNEF II)
1974 United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF)
1978 United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)
1979 United Nations Headquarters New York (UNHQ)
1988 United Nations Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group (UNIIMOG)
1989 United Nations Transitional Assistance Group (UNTAG)
1989 Organisation Nations Unies Central America (ONUCA)
1991 United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM II)
1991 United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM)
1991 Mission Interim Nations Unies Republique Sahara Occidental (MINURSO)
1991 United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observer Mission (UNIKOM)

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