OPERATIONAL SERVICE MEDAL - AFGHANISTAN The medal is Silver and circular in shape. The obverse of the medal shows the crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth. The reverse bears the Union Flag, surrounded by the inscription 'For Operational Service' and the four major points of the compass, with four coronets: Royal (top left), Naval (top right), Mural-Army (bottom left), and Astral-Royal Air Force (bottom right). The clasp reading 'Afghanistan' is awarded for service specifically in Afghanistan. When the ribbon alone is worn, a silver rosette denotes award of this clasp. The ribbon has a broad central red stripe, flanked each side by a stripe of royal blue and one of light blue, to represent the three services, with an outer stripe of light brown to reflect the landscape of Afghanistan. To qualify for award of the medal with clasp, personnel must have served in Afghanistan for thirty days' continuous Service.

NON -ARTICLE 5 - BALKANS MEDAL The medal was instituted on the 1 Jan 2003. The medal is circular in shape and made of bronze. The obverse bears the NATO star set in a wreath of olive leaves, on the reverse the words, In Service of Peace and Freedom. The medal is suspended from a blue and white ribbon with a central silver line. The medal is awarded for thirty days continuous or accumulated service in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, the Former Yugoslavia (including Kosovo), Albania, and the Former Republic of Macedonia, This medal replaced NATO medals for the Former-Yugoslavia, Kosovo and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

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