Description

Description: Australian Afghanistan Medal – Miniature Medal.

Maker: Unknown

Condition: Near Mint Plus

Comments: Australian Afghanistan Medal – Miniature Medal. Original issued medal (not a copy).

The Afghanistan Medal was instituted by Queen Elizabeth II on the advice of the Australian Prime Minister John Howard in 2004. The Afghanistan Medal is awarded to Australian Defence Force personnel who served in or around Afghanistan after 11 October 2001. Defence force personnel are also recognised by the ‘ICAT’ clasp to the Australian Active Service Medal and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s Non-Article 5 Medal with ‘ISAF’ clasp.