Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service

Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service ribbon
Obverse and reverse of the medal
Awarded by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Type Service medal
Eligibility Members of the Merchant Navy
Awarded for Meritorious service
Status Currently awarded
Description Nickel-silver, 36mm diameter
Statistics
Established 2013
First awarded 2016
Order of Wear
Next (higher) Jersey Honorary Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal[1]
Next (lower) Ebola Medal for Service in West Africa[1]

Ribbon bar

The Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service is a state award in the within the British honours system. The medal is awarded to no more than 20 recipients annually with the awards being announced on Merchant Navy Day, 3 September. The medal was originally awarded by the Merchant Navy Welfare Board 2005-2015 before being superseded by the state award.[2]

Criteria

The medal may be awarded to those individuals who have served, or are serving in the Merchant Navy or the Fishing fleets of the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands. These individuals must have shown particularly valuable devotion to duty and exemplary service so as to serve as an outstanding example to others. Recipients will typically have given 20 years of good conduct and exemplary service. Annually, only 20 medals will be awarded.[3] Recipients are entitled to use the post-nominal letters of MNM.

Appearance

The obverse of the medal bears the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Her Majesty The Queen. The reverse depicts the badge of the Merchant Navy: the letters MN surrounded by a rope joined at the base by a reef knot, a naval crown surmounts the rope.[4] The ribbon of the medal is 1 1⁄2 inches (38 mm) wide made up of equal stripes of green at the edges, white in the centre, with red bordering the white stripe which represent marine navigational lights.[5] The previous medal displayed a portrait of Lord Nelson.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Order of Wear Compiled from The London Gazette publication by The Central Chancery of The Orders of Knighthood and subsequent medal notices" (PDF). Worcestershire Medal Service Ltd. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 "The Previous Merchant Navy Medal". Merchant Navy Welfare Board. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service Nominations" (PDF). Department of Transport. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Lapel badge, Merchant Navy". Royal Museums Greenwich. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  5. ↑ McLoughlin, Patrick (4 April 2015), THE MERCHANT NAVY MEDAL FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE ROYAL WARRANT, HM Government
  • "New medal for outstanding seafarers". Department of Transport. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  • "New state award for a Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service". Department of Transport. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  • "New Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service winners announced". Department of Transport. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
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