| Meritorious Service Medal | |
|---|---|
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:MSM-cut.png) The Meritorious Service Medal | |
| Type | State decoration |
| Awarded for | An action performed in an outstanding manner that brings great benefit or honour to the Canadian Forces or to Canada. |
| Presented by | The monarch of Canada&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Arms_of_Canada_(shield).svg) |
| Post-nominals | MSM |
| Status | Currently awarded |
| Established | 6 June 1991 |
| Total | 647 |
&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:MSM_Ribbon-military.png){kind=small} &sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:MSM_Ribbon-civilian.png){kind=small} Ribbon of the Meritorious Service Medal, military division at top, civil division at bottom | |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | Medal of Bravery |
| Next (lower) | Royal Victorian Medal |
The Meritorious Service Medal (French: Médaille du service méritoire) is a decoration that is, within the Canadian system of honours, one of the two Meritorious Service Decorations gifted by the Canadian monarch, through the Governor-in-Council. Created in 1991, the medal is intended to recognize individuals—both Canadian and foreign—who have carried out meritorious acts bringing benefit and honour in either of two categories: military and civilian.[1][2] Award of the medal grants recipients the ability to use the post-nominal letters MSM.
- ^ Office of the Governor General of Canada. "Honours > Decorations > Meritorious Service Decorations". Queen's Printer for Canada. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
- ^ Veterans Affairs Canada. "Canada Remembers > Records & Collections > Canadian Orders, Medals and Decorations > Canadian Military Medals and Decorations > Modern Honours of Canada > Meritorious Service Decorations (Civil and Military)". Queen's Printer for Canada. Retrieved 27 August 2009.