International Operational Service Medal Irish: Bonn Sheirbhís Oibríochta Idirnáisiúnta | |
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Type | Wearable |
Awarded for | Awarded to Defence Forces personnel who have served overseas on a mission for which no other medal has been awarded. |
Presented by | Ireland |
Eligibility | Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, NCOs & Other Ranks of the Defence Forces and members of the DF Nursing and Chaplaincy Services. |
Post-nominals | IOSM |
Status | Currently awarded |
First awarded | October 2016 |
Precedence | |
Next (higher) | United Nations Peacekeepers Medal |
Next (lower) | 1916 Centenary Commemorative Medal/UN, NATO or EU medal |
The International Operational Service Medal (IOSM, Irish: Bonn Sheirbhís Oibríochta Idirnáisiúnta) is a military decoration awarded by the Government of Ireland to personnel of the Irish Defence Forces who have been deployed on overseas missions by direction of the Government where no other mission medal has been awarded. It was first awarded in October 2016.