Speech to the House of Commons may 13th 1940 - "

Since the 1980s

Bars are awarded for each additional period of 720 days

Serving personnel

with the medal being a circular silver or bronze medal (as appropriate to the class awarded) suspended from a ribbon 1 3/8" wide and coloured dark blue and edged with yellow

EU – ESDP Miniature Medal with ARTEMIS Clasp Mini GSM 2008 Speech to the House ofEU ESDP Medal with ARTEMIS Clasp The European Union Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) Medal with ARTEMIS clasp recognises service during Operation ARTEMIS, a European Union military intervention conducted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo between June and September 2003. Established in response to escalating violence during the Ituri conflict, Operation ARTEMIS was authorised by the United Nations Security Council and led by the European Union