Accumulated Campaign Service Medal

Accumulated Campaign Service Medal and Accumulated Campaign Service Medal 2011
Reverse of the medal and the ribbon of the Accumulated Campaign Service Medal
Awarded by UK and Commonwealth
Type	Campaign Service Medal
Eligibility	British and Commonwealth forces
Awarded for	1080 days of campaign service before 1 Jan 2008 for the Accumulated Campaign Service Medal; 720 days of campaign service for the Accumulated Campaign Service Medal 2011
Campaign	Various
Status	Currently awarded
Description	Silver, 36mm diameter
Statistics
Established	January 1994 Amended 1 July 2011
Precedence
Next (higher)	Meritorious Service Medal (United Kingdom)
Next (lower)	Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (1848) or Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct (Military) or Royal Air Force Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
Related	General Service Medal (1962)
Ribbon of the Accumulated Campaign Service Medal Ribbon of the Accumulated Campaign Service Medal 2011

The Accumulated Campaign Service Medal and the Accumulated Campaign Service Medal 2011 are medals awarded by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to members of her Armed Forces to recognise long campaign service. The original Accumulated Campaign Service Medal, instituted in January 1994, was awarded to holders of the General Service Medal (1962) who had completed 36 months of accumulated campaign service. The replacement Accumulated Campaign Service Medal 2011 is currently awarded to holders of various campaign service medals who have completed 720 days of campaign service.

Description

The Royal Warrant for the Accumulated Campaign Service Medal specifies that

... the medal shall be circular in form and be silver, that it shall bear on the obverse the Crowned Effigy of the Sovereign and on the reverse the description "FOR ACCUMULATED CAMPAIGN SERVICE" set within a four part ribbon surrounded by a branch of oak leaves with laurel and olive leaves woven through the motto ribbon

^[1]. The medal ribbon is the purple and green ribbon of the General Service Medal (1962) with an added central gold stripe denoting excellence. The Accumulated Campaign Service Medal 2011 uses the same medal, but with a ribbon with two central gold stripes.^[2] Both Medals are solid silver 995/1000, but only the original ACSM was hallmarked on the rim of the medal next to the neck of the suspension bar.

Criteria for award of the Accumulated Campaign Service Medal and Accumulated Campaign Service Medal 2011

The Accumulated Campaign Service Medal was originally granted to holders of the General Service Medal (1962) who had completed accumulated campaign service of 36 months since 14 August 1969, with a clasp for each period of further 36 months of campaign service. Criteria for part-time members of the Royal Irish Regiment were similar but with 1000 days replacing 36 months.^[1]

The Accumulated Campaign Service Medal is currently awarded to those who have completed 1080 days, aggregated by 1 January 2008, in theatres which would have merited a General Service Medal 1962 (e.g. for operations in Northern Ireland or air operations in Iraq), an Operational Service Medal for Afghanistan, an Operational Service Medal for Sierra Leone or an Iraq Medal.^[2]

The criteria for the award of the Accumulated Campaign Service Medal 2011 are similar. The medal is currently awarded to those who have completed 720 days of aggregated campaign service.^[2]

References

1 2 "The Accumulated Campaign Service Medal Royal Warrant".
1 2 3 "Medals: campaigns, descriptions and eligibility". gov.uk. Retrieved 4 December 2016.

External links

Shire Books - British Campaign Medals 1914-2005

Long and Meritorious Service Medals of Britain and the Commonwealth

Regular military meritorious and long service medals	Meritorious Service Medal Meritorious Service Medal (Australia) Meritorious Service Medal (Cape of Good Hope) Meritorious Service Medal (Natal) Meritorious Service Medal (New Zealand) Meritorious Service Medal (South Africa) Accumulated Campaign Service Medal Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (Cape of Good Hope) Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (Natal) Permanent Forces of the Empire Beyond the Seas Medal Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct (Military) Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct (South Africa) Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (1830) Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (1848) Indian Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (for Europeans of Indian Army) Indian Meritorious Service Medal (for Europeans of Indian Army) Royal Air Force Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct (Ulster Defence Regiment) Indian Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Royal West African Frontier Force Long Service and Good Conduct Medal King's African Rifles Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Indian Meritorious Service Medal (for Indian Army)

Civilian long service medals	Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Fire Brigade Long Service and Good Conduct Medal African Police Medal for Meritorious Service Royal Canadian Mounted Police Long Service Medal Ceylon Police Long Service Medal Ceylon Fire Services Long Service Medal Sierra Leone Police Long Service Medal Colonial Police Long Service Medal Sierra Leone Fire Brigades Long Service Medal Mauritius Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Mauritius Fire Services Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Mauritius Prisons Service Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Colonial Fire Brigades Long Service Medal Colonial Prison Service Medal Hong Kong Disciplined Services Medal Ambulance Service (Emergency Duties) Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service Medal Prison Services (Operational Duties) Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Royal Ulster Constabulary Service Medal Northern Ireland Prison Service Medal

Volunteer and part-time long service decorations and medals	Emergency Reserve Decoration Volunteer Officers' Decoration Volunteer Long Service Medal Volunteer Officers' Decoration for India and the Colonies Volunteer Long Service Medal for India and the Colonies Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal Militia Long Service Medal Imperial Yeomanry Long Service Medal Territorial Decoration Ceylon Armed Services Long Service Medal Efficiency Decoration Territorial Force Efficiency Medal Territorial Efficiency Medal Efficiency Medal Special Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Decoration for Officers of the Royal Naval Reserve Decoration for Officers of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Royal Naval Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Royal Fleet Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Royal Naval Wireless Auxiliary Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Royal Naval Auxiliary Service Long Service Medal Air Efficiency Award Volunteer Reserves Service Medal Ulster Defence Regiment Medal Northern Ireland Home Service Medal Cadet Forces Medal H.M. Coastguard Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Special Constabulary Long Service Medal Royal Observer Corps Medal Civil Defence Long Service Medal Jersey Honorary Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Service Medal of the Order of St John Voluntary Medical Service Medal Women's Royal Voluntary Service Medal South African Medal for War Services Colonial Special Constabulary Medal

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