Corrections Exemplary Service Medal

Corrections Exemplary Service Medal
Obverse and reverse of the Corrections Exemplary Service Medal (Canada).
Awarded by the monarch of Canada
Type	Long Service Medal
Eligibility	Canadian correctional services employees
Awarded for	20 years of service
Status	Currently awarded
Statistics
Established	11 June 1984
Precedence
Next (higher)	Police Exemplary Service Medal
Next (lower)	Fire Services Exemplary Service Medal
Ribbon bar of the Corrections Exemplary Service Medal

The Corrections Exemplary Service Medal (French: Médaille pour services distingués en milieu correctionnel) is a Canadian service medal for correctional officers and employees.

It is, within the Canadian system of honours, the second highest of the exemplary service medals.

To qualify for this medal the recipient has to meet the following criteria:

The Corrections Exemplary Service Medal is circular, made of silver coloured metal, 36 millimetres (1.4 in) in diameter. The obverse of the medal depicts a maple leaf with a crossed torch and key superimposed upon the centre. Circumscribed around the medal are the words Exemplary Service — Services Distingués. The areas between the edge of the medal and the maple leaf are cut out. The reverse depicts the crowned cypher of the monarch. The recipient's name is engraved on the edge of the medal.

The medal is suspended by a stylized inverted fleur-de-lis on a straight suspension bar. The ribbon of the medal is green, 32 millimetres (1.3 in) wide, with two stripes of gold separating the ribbon into five equal vertical stripes.

Each additional 10 year period of full-time service may qualify recipients for award of a bar to the medal. The bar is silver and bears a stylized maple leaf. When only wearing the ribbon bar, a small silver maple leaf is worn to represent award of the bar.