Medal Description
The medal is suspended from a five sided cloth ribbon which is 48 mm (1.9 inches) at the widest point. The medal is 35mm in diameter (1.3 inches) and is silvered and/or gilded bronze (gold medal), or bronze depending on the grade of the medal. Some variations of the medal are 34.7 mm in diameter.
The ribbons for the Faithful Service medals stem from the basic design used for the Bronze medal. The basic ribbon has a wide light green center stripe flanked by three equal width stripes of yellow, red and black, with black being the edge color. The Silver medal has a narrow silver center stripe added and the 15 and 20 year ribbons have a narrow yellow center stripe. To differentiate the 20 year ribbon from the 15-year ribbon, a gold plated "XX" device is attached, by means of two straight pins soldered to the back of the device, to both the suspension ribbon and the service ribbon. The roman numerals are without serifs.
The ribbon bar is 24 mm (just under 1 inch) wide, rectangular and corresponds with the medal ribbon.
The medal was awarded with a certificate and was worn on the left upper chest. Uniform regulations specify when the medal or ribbon bar was worn. Wear of this medal on the ribbon bar was mandatory.
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