The Mission was established April 1989 with a mandate for one year and finally closed in March 1990

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The Waterloo Medal was the first medal to be named to the recipient around the rim

Each plaque was accompanied by a Memorial Scroll bearing the name of the fallen serviceman or woman and a message from King George V

4+ awards were decorated by a gilt rosette

George Medal EIIR OBE/MBE The Mission was established AprilInstituted in 1940 for rewarding acts of outstanding gallantry deemed not suitable for the award of the George Cross. To date approximately 2000 medals have been awarded and 27 second award bars. Although the awards have been split fairly evenly across the Military and Civilians it is perhaps today more often awarded to Military Personnel, particularly Bomb Disposal, EOD work as well as intelligence work by special forces. The last award of a bar was