Meritorious Service Medal (Canada)

Meritorious Service Medal
The Meritorious Service Medal
TypeState decoration
Awarded forAn action performed in an outstanding manner that brings great benefit or honour to the Canadian Forces or to Canada.
Presented byThe monarch of Canada
Post-nominalsMSM
StatusCurrently awarded
Established6 June 1991
Total647


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.

  1. ^ Office of the Governor General of Canada. "Honours > Decorations > Meritorious Service Decorations". Queen's Printer for Canada. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
  2. ^ 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.