Emergency Service Medal

Service Medal
An Bonn Seirbhíse

Double Lined Ribbon.

Single Lined Ribbon.
TypeMilitary service medal
Awarded for1 to 2 years of service during The Emergency (World War II in Ireland)
Presented by Ireland
EligibilityMembers of: 26th Infantry Battalion, Navy and Air Corps, Reserve Defence Forces, Local Security Force, Air Raid Precautions Agency, Maritime Inscription, Second Line Reserve, First Aid Division of Irish Red Cross, Volunteer Aid Division of Irish Red Cross, Army Nursing Service, Chaplaincy Service.[1]
StatusNo longer awarded
First awardedOctober 1944

The Emergency Service Medal (Irish: An Bonn Seirbhíse Éigeandála) is a military decoration of the Republic of Ireland that was awarded to servicemen who served during The Emergency from 1939 to 1946.

Due to faulty record keeping during the period, the total number of Medals issued is not known.

  1. ^ "Irish Medals from The Emergency Period (World War Two) & Later Years". Retrieved 11 December 2022.