The Australian Service Medal is an Australian military decoration. It was authorised 13 September 1988 to recognise prescribed service in peacekeeping and non-warlike operations. It is awarded with a clasp to denote the prescribed operation and subsequent awards of the medal are made in the form of additional clasps. The Australian Service Medal 1945–1975 recognises non-warlike service prior to February 1975. The Australian Service Medal was replaced in 2012 by the Australian Operational Service Medal, except for ongoing missions.

Description

Related medals

Personnel who receive this medal may also be entitled to receive a service or campaign medal from an international organisation or the host country, if they meet the eligibility criteria for those medals. These are treated as foreign medals in the Australian system, and if approved for wear on service uniforms, are worn after Australian medals in the order they are received. Recipients of the ASM may be authorised to wear up to two further medals from an international organisation and a host nation for the same period of service. Some of these medals have been granted a blanket authority for all recipients to wear. Others are approved on an individual basis.

Clasps

The following clasps were issued:

Balkans

Bougainville

Cambodia

CT/SR

East Timor

Ethiopia/Eritrea

Guatemala

Gulf

Haiti

Iran/Iraq

Iraq

Irian Jaya

Kashmir

Korea

Kuwait

Lebanon

Middle East

Mozambique

Peshawar

Sierra Leone

Sinai

Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands II

Somalia

SE Asia

S Pacific 2006

Special Ops

Sudan

South Sudan

Timor-Leste

Uganda

West Sahara

Superseded clasps

Fiji 2006

Namibia

Rwanda

Vietnam 1975