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Canadian Volunteer Service Medal Order

Version of section 10 from 2013-04-11 to 2024-06-11:

  •  (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.

  • (4) A silver bar, showing an ascending World War II heavy bomber, shall be awarded to members of an air crew and non-flying personnel in respect of a period of one day of operational service with a Bomber Command squadron as listed in the United Kingdom Air Ministry Confidential Air Force Lists who were engaged in or supported bombing operations over Continental Europe from September 3, 1939 to May 8, 1945.

  • SI/94-92, s. 1
  • SI/95-84, s. 1
  • SI/2001-40, s. 3
  • SI/2013-44, s. 1

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