{{short description|Australian medal for military conspicuous service}} {{for|the American state award|Conspicuous Service Medal (New York)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox Military Award |name=Conspicuous Service Medal |image=110px<br><br>90px |caption=Obverse of medal and ribbon |presenter=Australia |type= Medal |eligibility= Members of the Australian Defence Force and Officers & Instructors of the Australian Defence Force Cadets |awarded_for=''meritorious achievement or dedication to duty in non-war like situations to members of the Australian Defence Force'' [http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/awards/medals/conspicuous_service_medal.cfm] |status= Currently awarded |description= |clasps= | post-nominals = CSM |established=18 October 1989 |firstawarded= |lastawarded= 2025 Australia Day Honours |total_awarded= 1,616<ref>{{cite book |title=Governor-General Annual Report 2023-24 |date=30 September 2024 |publisher=Governor General of Australia |url=https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-10/OOSGG-Annual-Report-2023%E2%80%932024-Web.pdf |access-date=3 November 2024}}</ref> |individual= |precedence_label = Order of Wear |higher= Order of Saint John<ref name=orderofwear>{{cite web|title=The Order of Wearing of Australian Honours and Awards|url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/awards/docs/order_of_wearing.pdf|work=It's an Honour|publisher=Australian Government|access-date=23 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140211203319/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/awards/docs/order_of_wearing.pdf|archive-date=11 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> |same= |lower= Australian Antarctic Medal (AAM)<ref name=orderofwear/> |related= Conspicuous Service Cross (CSC) |image2=AUS Conspicupous Service Medal with bar.png |image2_size=90px |caption2=Ribbon with clasp to represent a second award }}
The '''Conspicuous Service Medal''' (CSM) is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the Australian Defence Force, and officers and instructors of the Australian Defence Force Cadets. It is awarded for meritorious achievement or dedication to duty in non-war like situations. The CSM was introduced in 1989 and is a distinct Australian military award. It is the second level award of the Conspicuous Service Decorations in the Australian Honours System. Recipients of the Conspicuous Service Medal are entitled to use the post-nominal letters "CSM". Since its inception 1,021 had been awarded, plus a single Bar.<ref name="Medal Yearbook">{{cite book |title=Medal Yearbook 2013 |year=2013 |publisher=Token |location=Honiton, Devon |isbn=978-1-908-828-00-2 |page=387 }}<!--|access-date=29 April 2013--></ref> All ranks are eligible for the award.<ref>{{cite book|last=Maton|first=Michael|year=1995|title=The National Honours & Awards of Australia|publisher=Kangaroo Press|location=Kenthurst, NSW|page=78|isbn=0-86417-679-1}}</ref>
==Description== * The Conspicuous Service Medal is a circular nickel-silver medal 38 mm in diameter. It is ensigned with the Crown of Saint Edward in nickel-silver. The obverse bears the Southern Cross surrounded by a laurel wreath. * The reverse has a horizontal panel that is superimposed on a design of fluted rays. * The medal is suspended from the ribbon by a nickel-silver suspension bar. * The 32 mm ribbon has alternating equal-width, diagonal stripes of bush green and sandy gold.
==See also== *Australian Honours Order of Precedence
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==External links== *[http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/awards/medals/conspicuous_service_medal.cfm It's an Honour] Australian Government website
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Category:Military awards and decorations of Australia * Category:1989 establishments in Australia Category:Awards established in 1989
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