Medal for internal security

Award

Medal for internal security
Medal for internal security in gold (obverse)
Type	Service medal
Awarded for	Service in operations under the authority of the Ministry of the Interior
Country	France
Presented by	Minister of the Interior
Clasps	40 clasps
Status	Active
Established	28 March 2012
Total awarded posthumously	Yes

Ribbon bar for the bronze medal

The Medal for internal security (French: Médaille de la sécurité intérieure) is a French civil and military medal established by Decree No. 2012-424 of 28 March 2012.

Description

The Medal for internal security is awarded to by the Ministry of the Interior without regard to rank or position and is typically awarded on 1 January and 14 July. However, award may be made at other times for exceptional circumstances. Approved missions may have taken place in France or abroad. Nominations for award of the medal are reviewed by a committee of eight members representing the Minister of the Interior, General Directorate of Local Authorities, General Directorate of National Police, General Directorate of National Gendarmerie, General Directorate for Internal Security, General Directorate of Civil Security and Crisis Management, and the General Secretariat of Immigration and Integration.

The following individuals are eligible for the medal:

Personnel under the Ministry of the Interior
Civilian and military personnel, professional or voluntary, placed under the authority of the Ministry of the Interior
The Municipal Police officers
Volunteers working in associations for homeland security missions
Any person, French or foreign, who has distinguished himself or herself by an action relating to internal security.

Clasps

Secrétariat général
Administration préfectorale
Fonction publique territoriale
Élu
Police nationale
Gendarmerie nationale
Sécurité civile
Police municipale
Sécurité routière
Associations
Engagement citoyen
Action humanitaire
Sapeurs-pompiers
Direction générale des étrangers en France
GIPN
Engagement volontariat 2013
Philippines 2013
70 anniversaire du débarquement
Cyclone Béjisa 2014
Accident vol AH 5017 Ouagadougou-Alger
Suède 2014
Guinée 2014
Attentats janvier 2015
Crash Germanwings
Népal
Attentats novembre 2015
Équateur 2016
Euro 2016
Inondations 2016
Feux de forêt 2016
Attentats 2016
Feux de forêt 2017
Ouragans 2017
Ouragan Matthew
Attentats Aude 2018
Notre-Dame-des-Landes
Attentat Strasbourg 2018
Intempéries Aude 2018
Notre-Dame de Paris
Engagement des forces de sécurité intérieure 2018-2019
G7 Biarritz
75e anniversaire du débarquement.

Appearance

Bronze	Silver	Gold	Common reverse

References

Orders, decorations, and medals of France

Orders

National	Order of the Legion of Honour Order of Liberation Order of Merit
Ministerial	Order of Academic Palms Order of Agricultural Merit Order of Maritime Merit Order of Arts and Letters
Territorial	Order of Tahiti Nui

Decorations and medals

Civilian

Military

Commemorative medals

1852 – 1871: Second Empire	Saint Helena Medal Commemorative medal of the 1859 Italian Campaign Commemorative medal of the 1860 China Expedition Commemorative medal of the Mexico Expedition
1871–1914: Belle Époque	Commemorative medal of the 1870–1871 War Tonkin Expedition commemorative medal (1885) Dahomey Expedition commemorative medal (1892) Madagascar Expeditions commemorative medal Colonial Medal China Expedition commemorative medal (1901) Morocco commemorative medal (1909)
1914–1918: World War I	1914–1918 Inter-Allied Victory medal Dardanelles campaign medal Orient campaign medal Commemorative medal of the 1914–1918 War Medal of French Gratitude Medal for Victims of the Invasion Medal for civilian prisoners, deportees and hostages of the 1914-1918 Great War
1918–1939: Interwar	Syria-Cilicia commemorative medal
1939–1945: World War II	Commemorative medal for voluntary service in Free France Italian Campaign medal Medal for deportation and internment for acts of resistance Political deportation and internment medal Commemorative medal of the 1939–1945 War Medal of a liberated France Recusant's insignia
1945–1964: Decolonisation	United Nations operations in Korea commemorative medal Indochina Campaign commemorative medal Middle East operations commemorative medal North Africa Security and Order Operations Commemorative Medal
Since 1964	Medal of the Nation's Gratitude North Africa medal United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon medal French commemorative medal Medal for the Military Protection of the Territory

Defunct orders

Royal & Imperial	Order of Saint Michael Order of the Holy Spirit Order of Saint Louis Order of Military Merit Order of the Iron Crown Order of the Three-Golden Fleeces Order of the Reunion Decoration of The Lily Decoration of the Bordeaux Armband Decoration of the Fidelity Medal of the wounded Order of the Cross of July
Ministerial	Order of Merit for Veterans Order of Military Merit Order of Civil Merit Order of Social Merit Order of Labour Merit Order of Touristic Merit Order of the National Economy Order of Commercial and Industrial Merit Order of Artisan Merit Order of Public Health Order of Postal Merit Order of Sport Merit
Colonial	Order of Indochinese Merit Order of Saharan Merit Order of the Black Star Order of the Star of Anjouan Order of Nichan el Anouar Imperial Order of the Dragon of Annam Royal Order of Cambodia Order of Merit of Madagascar and dependencies Order of Merit of Cameroon

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