Operational Service Medal (Canada)

Operational Service Medal
Operational Service Medal awarded for service in Haiti
Awarded by the monarch of Canada
Type	Medal
Awarded for	Members of the Canadian Forces, an allied force, or Canadian police officers who have taken part in important missions overseas.
Status	Currently awarded
Statistics
Established	5 July 2010
First awarded	6 December 2010
Precedence
Next (higher)	General Service Medal
Next (lower)	Special Service Medal

The Operational Service Medal (French: Médaille du service opérationnel) is a campaign medal created in 2010 by the Canadian monarch-in-Council to recognize members of the Canadian Forces, allied forces, Canadian police officers, or Canadian civilians working for the Canadian Forces who had directly participated in any military campaign under Canadian or allied command. It is, within the Canadian system of honours, the lowest of the war and operational service medals.

The Operational Service Medal is in the form of a 36 millimetres (1.4 in) diameter cupro-nickel disc with, on the obverse, the words ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA (Latin abbreviation for: Elizabeth II, by the Grace of God, Queen) and CANADA separated by small maple leaves and surrounding an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing a Canadian diadem of maple leaves and snowflakes, symbolizing her roles as both fount of honour and Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Forces. On the reverse is a representation of the globe resting above two crossed branches of laurel and oak leaves and surmounted by a St. Edward's Crown that is flanked on both sides by three maple leaves on a single stem.