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MO014.1: Medal "For Peacekeeping"



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Description: It is made of yellow metal and has the shape of a circle with a diameter of 32 mm. On the obverse of the medal in the centre is the image of a hand palm uppermost with a dove with an olive branch in its beak above it. This is surrounded by a wreath of laurel branches, with the State Emblem of Ukraine at the top. On the reverse side of the medal there is inscribed ЗА МИРОПОХОРОННА ДІЯЛЬНІСТЬ [FOR PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES] with МІНІСТЕРСТВО ОБОРОНИ УКРАЇНИ [MINISTRY OF DEFENCE OF UKRAINE] around it. Clasps indicating where the peacekeeping took place may be awarded: КОСОВО [KOSOVO], АФГАНІСТАН [AFGHANISTAN], ЕФІОПІЯ ТА ЕРИТРЕЯ [ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA], ІРАК [IRAQ], МАКЕДОНІЯ [MACEDONIA], МОЛДОВА [MOLDOVA], or СЬЄРРА-ЛЕОНЕ [SIERRA LEONE]. The clasps shown here are worn on the left breast pocket directly below the ribbon rack - the ones displayed here are for Iraq, Kosovo, Lebanon, and Sierra Leone.
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Date Added: 10-24-2010