Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service
| Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service ribbon | |
|---|---|
 Obverse and reverse of the medal | |
| Type | Service medal |
| Description | Nickel-silver, 36mm diameter |
| Eligibility | Members of the Merchant Navy |
| Status | Currently awarded |
| Established | 2013 |
 Ribbon bar | |
| Order of Wear | |
| Next (higher) | Jersey Honorary Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal[1] |
| Next (lower) | Ebola Medal for Service in West Africa[1] |
The Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service is a state award in the within the British honours system. The medal is awarded to no more than 20 recipients annually with the awards being announced on Merchant Navy Day, September 3.
Criteria
The medal may be awarded to those individuals who have served, or are serving in the Merchant Navy or the Fishing fleets of the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands. These individuals must have show particularly valuable devotion to duty and exemplary service so as to serve as an outstanding example to others. Recipients will typically have given 20 years of good conduct and exemplary service. Annually, only 20 medals will be awarded.[2]
Appearance
The obverse of the medal bears the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Her Majesty The Queen. The reverse depicts the badge of the Merchant Navy: the letters MN surrounded by a rope joined at the base by a reef knot, a naval crown surmounts the rope.[3] The ribbon of the medal is 1+1⁄2 inches (38 mm) wide made up of equal stripes of green at the edges, white in the centre, with red bordering the white stripe.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Order of Wear Compiled from The London Gazette publication by The Central Chancery of The Orders of Knighthood and subsequent medal notices" (PDF). Worcestershire Medal Service Ltd. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ^ "Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service Nominations" (PDF). Department of Transport. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ^ "Lapel badge, Merchant Navy". Royal Museums Greenwich. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ^ McLoughlin, Patrick (4 April 2015), THE MERCHANT NAVY MEDAL FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE ROYAL WARRANT, HM Government
External links
- "New medal for outstanding seafarers". Department of Transport. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- "New state award for a Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service". Department of Transport. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- "New Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service winners announced". Department of Transport. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.