The Cadet Forces Medal is awarded to recognise long and efficient service by Commissioned Officers and non commissioned adult instructors of the UK Cadet Forces: The

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, the

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, the

Sea Cadet Corps Sea cadets are members of a cadets youth program sponsored by a national naval service, aimed for young people with an interest in waterborne activities and or the national navy. The organisation may be sponsored in whole or in part by the navy or ...

, the

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and

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, and Commissioned Officers of the New Zealand Cadet Forces. Authorised by a Royal warrant it is awarded for 12 years service.The Cadet Forces Medal Regulations, (medals.nzdf.mil.nz), accessed May 4, 2010
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& for 6 additional years in the UK. The Cadet Forces Medal was issued to Officers and Instructors within the Australian Sea Cadet Corps/Naval Reserve Cadets, Australian Army Cadet Corps and

between 1950 and 1974. In Australia, the award was superseded in 1999 by the

Australian Cadet Forces Service Medal The Australian Cadet Forces Service Medal is awarded to recognise long and efficient service by officers and instructors in the Australian Defence Force Cadets. It is awarded for 15 years service. Additional clasps are issued for every 5 years ad ...

which was backdated to include service prior to 1999 not used for the award of the Cadet Forces Medal.

Post Nominals

The Cadet Forces Service Medal carries no entitlement to use

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.JSP 814 Pt 1 (V1.0 Feb 16): Ministry of Defence. Chapter 7, Section 5, Paragraph 1

Description

* The Cadet Forces Medal is stamped in

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in the form of a circular Medal bearing on the obverse the Crowned

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of the

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and on the reverse the inscription “The Cadet Forces Medal”, and a representation of a torch. The name of the recipient shall be stamped on the rim of the Medal. * The ribbon is one and a quarter inches wide which has a green background, yellow edges, narrow stripes of dark blue, red and light blue being superimposed. The ribbon shall be worn with the dark blue stripe further from the left shoulder than the stripe of light blue.

References

{{Efficiency and long service decorations and medals Long and Meritorious Service Medals of Britain and the Commonwealth New Zealand Cadet Forces British Cadet organisations New Zealand Meritorious & Long Service Awards