Korea Medal

Korea Medal
The Korea Medal, obverse (left) and reverse (right)
Awarded by the monarch of Australia, monarch of Canada, monarch of New Zealand, and monarch of the United Kingdom
Type	Campaign medal
Eligibility	Australian, British, Canadian, and New Zealand veterans of the Korean War
Awarded for	Campaign service
Campaign(s)	Korean War (1950–1953)
Status	No longer awarded
Description	Cupro-nickel or silver disk, 36mm diameter
Clasps	None
Statistics
Established	July 1951
Precedence
Next (higher)	Dependent on state
Next (lower)	Dependent on state
Related	United Nations Service Medal for Korea Republic of Korea War Service Medal
Ribbon of the Korea Medal Ribbon with bronze oakleaf for Mentioned in Dispatches

The Korea Medal (French: Médaille de Corée), sometimes referred to as the Queen's Korea Medal to distinguish it from the United Nations Service Medal, was a campaign medal created in 1951 to recognize troops from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom who had given either one day's service in or air sortie over Korea, or 28 days offshore, during the Korean War. The medal was identical in all countries where it was awarded, save for Canada, where it contained unique elements. As an internationally distributed award, the Korea Medal holds a different place in each country's order of precedence for honours.

The Korean War was the first event in which United Nations (UN) armed forces took on a combat role in suppressing aggression, involving the participation of 20 UN member states, as well as the Republic of Korea and Italy, in a multinational effort to stop the North Korean takeover of the Republic of Korea. The Korea Medal was created in 1951 to recognize specifically members of the armed forces from King George VI's various states at the time that participated in the Korean War; namely, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.. South Africa produced its own version of the Korea Medal.

Designed by Edward Carter Preston, the Korea Medal is in the form of a 36 millimetres (1.4 in) diameter disc. All medals were of cupro-nickel, save for the Canadian version that was made of .800 fine silver.