German Armed Forces Service Medal - Campaign Bars

Campaign Bars

The medal is issued with a clasp denoting foreign the operation recognized by the medal. Like the medal the clasp is either, bronze, silver or gold:

  • ACEH - humanitarian assistance in Aceh, Indonesia after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake for the period from 3 January to 18 March 2005.
  • ACT.ENDEAVOUR - awarded for Operation Active Endeavour, monitoring and maritime surveillance in the fight against terrorism for the period from 26 October 2001 to the present.
  • AFOR - The AFOR humanitarian assistance in Albania during the period from 13 April to 8 August 1999.
  • ALLIED FORCE - Air operations against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1999 during a period from 24 March to 10 June 1999.
  • ALLIED HARMONY - awarded for the NATO peacekeeping-mission in the Republic of Macedonia, Operation Fox from 15 December 2002 to 31 March 2003.
  • ALLIED HARVEST - Ammunition salvage in emergency jettison areas in the Adriatic Sea from 12 June to 24 August 1999.
  • ATALANTA EU - service in operations to combat piracy in Somalia for the period from 19 December 2008 to the present.
  • EAGLE ASSIST - awarded for Operation Eagle Assist from 12 October 2001 to 16 May 2002.
  • ENDURING FREEDOM - fight against international terrorism in the period from 16 November 2001 to 28 June 2010.
  • EU 1 - awarded for the European Union (EU) led mission in Macedonia following Operation Fox in the period from 31 March to 12 December 2003.
  • EUFOR RD CONGO Safeguarding of the electoral process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the period from 12 June to 23 December 2006.
  • EUFOR Multinational security force in Bosnia and Herzegovina for the period of 2 December 2004 to present.
  • EUTM SOMALIA EU training mission for Somali military in Uganda for the period of 15 February 2010 to the present.
  • FOX - NATO mission to protect the international observers from the OSCE and the EU in Macedonia in the period from 27 September 2001 to 15 December 2002.
  • IFOR - Implementation Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the period of 20 December 1995 to 20 December 1996.
  • INTERFET - awarded for service in with the International Force East Timor in East-Timor from 17 November 1999 to 23 February 2000.
  • ISAF - awarded for service with the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan for the period from 22 December 2001 to the present.
  • KFOR - awarded for service with the NATO led Kosovo Force from 12 June 1999 to the present.
  • KVM - awarded for service with the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Kosovo Verification Mission from 4 December 1998 to 8 June 1999.
  • OSZE 1 - awarded for service with the OSCE observer mission in Georgia during the period of 28 August 2008 to 30 June 2009.
  • RAPID REACTION FORCE - service with the "Rapid Reaction Force" as part of UNPROFOR in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the period of 8 August 1995 to 20 December 1995.
  • SFOR - Service in the Stabilisation Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the period from 20 December 1996 to 2 December 2004.
  • SHARP GUARD - awarded for Operation Sharp Guard, surveillance in the Adriatic Sea during the period from 30 June 1995 to 19 June 1996.
  • SWIFT RELIEF - humanitarian assistance in Pakistan after the 2005 Kashmir earthquake from 10 October 2005 to 15 April 2006.
  • UNAMA - United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan during the period of 10 May 2004 to the present.
  • UNAMID - African Union – United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur in Darfur, Sudan during the period of 15 November 2007 to the present.
  • UNHCR - United Nations High Commission for Refugees - Sarajevo airlift during the period from 30 June 1995 to 9 January 1996.
  • UNIFIL - United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon in the period from 20 September 2006 to the present.
  • UNMAC - United Nations Mine Action Center as part of the United Nations Observer Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the period from October 1997 to 30 June 1999.
  • UNMEE - United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea for the period 2 February 2004 to 31 July 2008.
  • UNMIK - United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo in the period from 6 December 1999 to 21 December 2001.
  • UNMIS - United Nations Mission in Sudan in the period from 22 April 2005 to the present.
  • UNOMIG - United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia in the period from 30 June 1995 to 15 June 2009.
  • UNPF - United Nations Protection Force in the former Yugoslavia during the period from August 1995 to 20 December 1995.
  • UNSCOM - United Nations Special Commission in Iraq during the period from June 1991 to September 1996.
  • UNMISS - United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan during the period 8 July 2011 to the present.
  • WEU - Western European Union mission in the Adriatic Sea during the period 10 May 1999 to 10th April 2001.

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