Recognised Service For Award
It was originally awarded for valourous service in Algeria from October 31, 1954 to the final withdrawal of all French forces in 1967. A Decision dated April 30, 1956 extended its award to elsewhere in North Africa in the Protectorates of Tunisia (from June 1, 1953 to 1956) and Morocco (from January 1, 1953 to 1956).
A Decision of February 13, 1957 granted its award for service in Mauritania. The period of eligibility was originally beginning from January 10, 1957 and ending at an unspecified time. This was later set by another Decision to have eligibility end when independence was granted to Mauritania in November 1960).
It has since been granted for service in
- Afghanistan (November, 2001 - 2012?)
- Antilles (from April 16, 2005 to June 15, 2005).
- Cape Verde (On June 13-14, 2002)
- Central African Republic (from November 18, 2006 to December 7, 2006; March 2, 2007)
- Chad (1968; January 28, 2008)
- Congo (service in 1960?) | Zaïre (service in 1978?) | Democratic Republic of the Congo (from June 2 to September 26, 2003)
- Djibouti (?)
- Haiti (from February 19, 2004 to June 30, 2004)
- Ivory Coast (from September 19, 2002 to April 4, 2004)
- Lebanon (from January 9, 2005 to July 16, 2006)
- Liberia (June 9-10 2003)
- Rwanda (?)
- Yugoslavia (?)
Recently it has been awarded for service in Libya (from February 22, 2011 to present).
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