Medal Of Police Distinguished Service.

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Nut Al-Shurta lil Khidmat Al-Mumtaza / Police Distinguished Service Medal, 1958-2003

Awarded for distinguished service in the police.

Established: 1958, in substitution for the royal Police Distinguished Service Medal.
Obverse: 42-mm, silver circular wreath with a eight-pointed rayed star. In the center, a circular field and within a white-enamaled circle, an ornate depiction of the Iraqi national emblem. Suspended from the ribbon by a ring.
Reverse: The Arabic legend “Nut al-Shurta lil Khidmat al-Mumtaza” or “Police Distinguished Service Medal”.
Ribbon: 34 mm, dark blue with 5-mm white edges and three thin 2-mm white center stripes: 5 mm white, 6 mm dark blue, 2 mm white, 3 mm dark blue, 2 mm white, 3 mm dark blue, 2 mm white, 6 mm dark blue, 5 mm white.