Peacekeeping Service Medal

E184271

Canadian campaign medal Canadian military decoration

The Peacekeeping Service Medal is a Canadian decoration awarded to recognize the contributions and sacrifices of individuals who have participated in international peacekeeping operations.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal	2
Peacekeeping Service Medal canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1635329 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Peacekeeping Service Medal
Context triple: [Canadian Honours System, includesMedal, Peacekeeping Service Medal]

A. NATO Meritorious Service Medal
The NATO Meritorious Service Medal is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s highest personal award, given to military and civilian personnel for exceptional service and dedication to NATO missions.
B. Good Conduct Medal
The Good Conduct Medal is a United States military decoration awarded to enlisted service members who demonstrate exemplary behavior, efficiency, and fidelity during their period of active service.
C. Defense Meritorious Service Medal
The Defense Meritorious Service Medal is a high-level U.S. military decoration awarded for non-combat outstanding achievement or meritorious service in a joint duty capacity.
D. Legion of Merit
The Legion of Merit is a high-level United States military decoration awarded for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements.
E. Medal of Valor
The Medal of Valor is the highest military decoration of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, awarded for acts of conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Peacekeeping Service Medal
Target entity description: The Peacekeeping Service Medal is a Canadian decoration awarded to recognize the contributions and sacrifices of individuals who have participated in international peacekeeping operations.

A. NATO Meritorious Service Medal
The NATO Meritorious Service Medal is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s highest personal award, given to military and civilian personnel for exceptional service and dedication to NATO missions.
B. Good Conduct Medal
The Good Conduct Medal is a United States military decoration awarded to enlisted service members who demonstrate exemplary behavior, efficiency, and fidelity during their period of active service.
C. Defense Meritorious Service Medal
The Defense Meritorious Service Medal is a high-level U.S. military decoration awarded for non-combat outstanding achievement or meritorious service in a joint duty capacity.
D. Legion of Merit
The Legion of Merit is a high-level United States military decoration awarded for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements.
E. Medal of Valor
The Medal of Valor is the highest military decoration of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, awarded for acts of conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Canadian campaign medal ⓘ Canadian military decoration ⓘ
awardedBy	Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ surface form: Government of Canada Charles III, King of Canada ⓘ surface form: King of Canada
awardedFor	30 days cumulative service in an approved mission ⓘ service in missions such as UN, NATO, OSCE, and other multinational peace support operations ⓘ
campaignType	theatre service medal ⓘ
canBeAwardedPosthumously	true ⓘ
category	Peacekeeping medal ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
createdBy	Queen of Canada ⓘ surface form: Queen Elizabeth II in Right of Canada
eligibility	Canadian civilians ⓘ Canadian police officers ⓘ members of allied armed forces ⓘ members of the Canadian Armed Forces ⓘ
eligibilityCriterion	service in an approved humanitarian mission ⓘ service in an approved observer mission ⓘ service in an approved peacekeeping mission ⓘ
established	2000 ⓘ
hasComponent	medal ⓘ ribbon ⓘ ribbon bar ⓘ
higherAward	Special Service Medal ⓘ
languageOfInscription	English ⓘ French ⓘ
lowerAward	NATO Medal ⓘ surface form: NATO Medal (Canadian order of precedence)
material	cupro-nickel ⓘ
multipleAwardsIndicatedBy	numerals on the ribbon ⓘ
obverseDesign	effigy of the Sovereign of Canada ⓘ
obverseInscription	Elizabeth II ⓘ surface form: ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA CANADA
partOf	Canadian Honours System ⓘ
postNominals	none ⓘ
purpose	recognition of contributions and sacrifices in peacekeeping ⓘ recognition of participation in international peacekeeping operations ⓘ
reverseDesign	laurel branches ⓘ three peacekeepers standing on a map of the world ⓘ
reverseInscription	PEACEKEEPING / SERVICE DE LA PAIX ⓘ
ribbonColour	United Nations blue ⓘ green ⓘ white ⓘ
ribbonWidth	32 millimetres ⓘ
shape	circular ⓘ
status	currently awarded ⓘ
suspensionMount	straight slotted bar ⓘ
symbolism	UN blue stripe symbolizes United Nations peacekeeping ⓘ green and white stripes symbolize hope and peace ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canadian Honours System → includesMedal → Peacekeeping Service Medal ⓘ

Special Service Medal → lowerAward → Peacekeeping Service Medal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal

Operational Service Medal → lowerAward → Peacekeeping Service Medal ⓘ

subject surface form: Operational Service Medal (Canada)