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More than 26,000 men and women volunteered to serve with the Canadian Armed Forces in the Far East in the early 1950s. These veterans have been entitled to wear the Canadian Korea Medal and/or the United Nations Service Medal for Korea since the end of the conflict in 1954.
The Canadian Volunteer Service Medal for Korea was subsequently created on July 12, 1991.
The Medal is awarded to former members of the Canadian Armed Forces who volunteered and served in Korea and the adjacent areas, including Japan, Okinawa and Korean waters, during all or part of the period from June 27, 1950, to July 27, 1954. Potential recipients must have either served for at least one day with an army unit or formation in Korea; served for at least 28 days aboard a ship or craft engaged in operations; flown one sortie over Korea or Korean waters in the Yellow Sea or Sea of Japan; or accumulated at least 28 days' service in the qualifying area. The Medal may be awarded posthumously.
The Canadian Volunteer Service Medal for Korea consists of a circular medal of copper and zinc alloy. On the obverse appears the crowned effigy of Her Majesty, circumscribed with the legend ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA and incorporating the word CANADA at the bottom. On the reverse is centred the inscription KOREA VOLUNTEER 1950 - 1954 VOLONTAIRE CORÉE within a laurel wreath, with a maple leaf centred at the bottom.
The ribbon from which the Medal is suspended is 32 mm in width and yellow in colour, bordered on each exterior edge with a UN blue stripe 7 mm in width, and a central red stripe 6 mm in width, on which is centred a 2-mm-wide white stripe.
The Medal shall be worn after the Canadian Korea Medal and before the Gulf and Kuwait Medal, suspended from the ribbon described above.
The Canadian Volunteer Service Medal for Korea is part of the Canadian Honours System, established in 1967.
(October 1993)
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