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The Common Security and Defence Policy Service Medal (formerly the European Security and Defence Policy Service Medal), is an international military decoration awarded to individuals, both military and civilian, who have served with CSDP missions. Since the 1990s the European Union has taken a greater role in military missions both in Europe and abroad. These actions were taken under the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), which is implemented by the European Union Military Staff, a department of the EU. To recognize service in these missions the EU authorized the creation of a medal with a common obverse and reverse, to which clasps featuring the missions' name are attached to the ribbon bar.
Appearance
The medal is 36 mm in diameter, made of a silver colored metal. All versions share a common design. The obverse of the medal is plain except for a circle of twelve five pointed stars around the outside edge of the medal. The reverse contains the Latin phrase, Pro Pace Unum, meaning "United for Peace". They words are arranged in three lines one word above the other in the center of the medal. The medal is suspended from a 36 mm ribbon in EU blue with either a wide gold center stripe for headquarters and combat forces, or a wide white stripe for planning and support. Each operation is identified with a different clasp with the name of the operation worn on the ribbon of the medal. A miniature version is worn on the ribbon bar, when medals are not worn.
Ribbons and clasps
Police Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (EUPM), 1 January 2003–
EUFOR Concordia, 31 March 2003–15 December 2003
Operation Artemis, 12 June 2003–1 September 2003
Police Mission in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (EUPOL Proxima), 15 December 2003–14 December 2005
EUFOR Althea, 2 December 2004–
Reform Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (EUSEC RD Congo), 8 June 2005–
AMIS EU Supporting Action, 18 July 2005–31 December 2007
Border Assistance Mission for the Rafah Crossing Point (EUBAM Rafah), 25 November 2005–
Coordinating Office for Palestinian Police Support (EUPOL COPPS), 1 January 2006–
EUFOR RD Congo, 12 June 2006–30 November 2006
Police Mission to Afghanistan (EUPOL Afghanistan), 15 June 2007–
Bridging Operation in Chad and the Central African Republic (EUFOR Tchad/RCA), 17 March 2008–15 March 2009
European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM Georgia), October 2008–
EU Naval Operation Atalanta, 5 November 2008–
Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX Kosovo), 9 December 2008–
European Union Somalia Training Mission (EUTM Somalia), in Uganda, May 2010–
European Union Regional Maritime Capacity Building for the Horn of Africa and the Western Indian Ocean (EUCAP NESTOR), 16 July 2012 –
EUTM Mali, January 2013–
European Union Aviation Security Mission in South Sudan (EUAVSEC SOUTH SUDAN), February 2013 – January 2014
EUFOR RCA, April 2014–