Medal of Service of the Order of Canada information
Award
Medal of Service of the Order of Canada
Obverse of the Medal of Service of the Order of Canada
Type
Medal
Awarded for
Achievement and merit of a high degree, especially service to Canada or to humanity at large.
Description
A silver stylized snowflake measuring 34 mm across, the obverse depicting a single stylized maple leaf enclosed within a circle, surmounted by a Crown. The reverse bears a silver disc with the word SERVICE around the top.
Presented by
The monarch of Canada
Clasps
None
Status
Obsolete
Established
2 March 1967
First awarded
1 July 1967
Last awarded
1972
Total
319
Total awarded posthumously
None
Total recipients
319
Undress ribbon
Precedence
Next (higher)
Companion of the Order of Canada
Individual equivalent
319
The Medal of Service of the Order of Canada was a decoration that was, within the Canadian system of honours, created at the same time as the Companion level of the Order of Canada and the Medal of Courage of the Order of Canada. The federal cabinet had refused to allow for the establishment of a multi-levelled national order, and thus the Medal of Service was established as a second tier to the Companion level.[1]
^McCreery 2015, p. 278
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