Meritorious Service Medal

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Canadian state decoration

The Meritorious Service Medal is a Canadian decoration awarded to individuals who have performed outstanding deeds or activities that bring honour to Canada.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Meritorious Service Medal canonical 5
below Meritorious Service Medal (military division) 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian state decoration ⓘ
abbreviation MSM ⓘ
administeredBy Chancellery of Honours ⓘ
surface form: Chancellery of Honours at Rideau Hall
awardingBody Governor General of Canada ⓘ
canBeAwardedPosthumously true ⓘ
category decoration for bravery and merit ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
criteria bringing honour to Canada ⓘ
bringing honour to the Canadian Armed Forces ⓘ
outstanding professionalism ⓘ
designFeature St. Edward's Crown above the medal ⓘ
eligibility Canadian citizens ⓘ
civilian recipients ⓘ
military personnel ⓘ
non-Canadian citizens ⓘ
field civilian honours ⓘ
military honours ⓘ
hasDivision Civil Division ⓘ
Military Division ⓘ
hasInsigniaComponent bar for subsequent awards ⓘ
medal ⓘ
ribbon ⓘ
hasPostNominalsUsage used after recipient's name in formal contexts ⓘ
higherAward Meritorious Service Cross ⓘ
inceptionPeriod late 20th century ⓘ
languageOfInscription English ⓘ
French ⓘ
lowerAward Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers ⓘ
surface form: Sovereign's Medal for Volunteers
material silver ⓘ
monarchOnObverse Charles Philip Arthur George ⓘ
surface form: King Charles III
obverseDesign effigy of the reigning Canadian monarch ⓘ
partOf Canadian Honours System ⓘ
postNominalLetters MSM ⓘ
purpose to recognize outstanding deeds or activities that bring honour to Canada ⓘ
region Commonwealth realms ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth realm of Canada
reverseDesign laurel wreath surrounding the words "MERITORIOUS SERVICE" ⓘ
ribbonColor blue ⓘ
ribbonStripeColor red ⓘ
white ⓘ
shape circular medal ⓘ
status currently awarded ⓘ
type merit decoration ⓘ
wearingOrder worn on the left chest ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canadian Honours System → includesDecoration → Meritorious Service Medal ⓘ
LOM → isHigherThan → Meritorious Service Medal ⓘ
Meritorious Service Decorations → hasComponent → Meritorious Service Medal ⓘ
Meritorious Service Cross → higherInPrecedenceThan → Meritorious Service Medal ⓘ
Meritorious Service Cross → relatedAward → Meritorious Service Medal ⓘ
Sacrifice Medal → precedenceInCanadianHonoursSystem → Meritorious Service Medal ⓘ
this entity surface form: below Meritorious Service Medal (military division)