Somalia Medal

Somalia Medal
Awarded by the monarch of Canada
Type	Campaign medal
Eligibility	All members of the Canadian Forces.
Awarded for	Campaign service.
Campaign	Somali Civil War (1992-1993)
Clasps	None
Statistics
Established	1992
Total awarded	1,408
Precedence
Next (higher)	Gulf and Kuwait Medal
Next (lower)	South-West Asia Service Medal
Ribbon of the Somalia Medal

The Somalia Medal (French: Médaille de la Somalie) was a campaign medal created in 1992 by the Canadian monarch-in-Council to recognize members of the Canadian Forces who had directly participated in the United Nations effort to stabilize Somalia following the outbreak of its civil war. It is, within the Canadian system of honours, the fourth highest of the war and operational service medals.

Designed by Bruce W. Beatty, the Somalia Medal is in the form of a 36 millimetres (1.4 in) diameter gold plated bronze medal with, on the obverse, three overlapping maple leaves between the word CANADA above (which the original design did not include) and two sprigs of laurel leaves below. On the reverse is the Royal Cypher of Queen Elizabeth II surmounted by a St. Edward's Crown— symbolizing the sovereign's roles as both fount of honour and Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Forces— circumscribed by the words SOMALIA • 1992-93 • SOMALIE.

This medallion is worn at the left chest, suspended on a 31.8mm wide ribbon coloured with vertical stripes with two in the shade of blue used by the United Nations flanking a series in white (representing peace), sand (recalling the physical features of the theatre of operations), light blue (representing the Air Command), scarlet (representing the Land Force Command), and dark blue (recalling the Maritime Command).

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