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Canadian Volunteer Service Medal Order

Version of section 10 from 2006-03-22 to 2013-04-10:

  •  (1) A bar for overseas service with a silver maple leaf centred on it shall be awarded in respect of a period of not less than sixty days of voluntary service outside Canada, which days need not be continuous.

  • (2) A silver bar, with the word "DIEPPE" in raised letters on a pebbled background, bearing an anchor surmounted by an eagle and a Thompson sub-machine gun, shall be awarded in respect of persons who participated in the Battle of Dieppe on, off or above the shores of Dieppe on August 19, 1942.

  • (3) A silver bar, with the words "HONG KONG" in raised letters on a pebbled background, with a monogram "HK" on a circle in its centre, shall be awarded in respect of persons who participated in the Defence of Hong Kong from December 8, 1941 to December 25, 1941.

  • SI/94-92, s. 1
  • SI/95-84, s. 1
  • SI/2001-40, s. 3

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