Canadian Special Service Medal, Alert Bar excluded-retail only is the royal cypher of

is the royal cypher of the reigning monarch: GVR for King George the Fifth

This full size reproduction medal comes loose and with 8 inches of selected mission ribbon (32mm wide)

Full size reproduction medal comes with 8 inches of ribbon and miniature medals come with 5 inches

The OSM with SOUTH-WEST ASIA ribbon is awarded to eligible persons who served the theatre of operations consisting of the political boundaries of Afghanistan

Canadian Special Service Medal, Alert Bar excluded-retail only is the royal cypher ofAn aggregate of 180 days of honourable service on the posted strength of Canadian Forces Station (CFS) Alert, or of honourable service with a military force operationally deployed to or at CFS Alert, since it began its operation on 01 September 1958 and still continuing. Units deployed at CFS Alert include such detachments as aircrew flying into the station for re supply missions.