Canadian Special Service Medal, DISTANTIA Bar excluded-retail only Missions that are flown into

Missions that are flown into a theatre of eligibility for a NATO medal (such as the Non-Article 5 NATO Medal for the Balkans) shall be counted toward the appropriate NATO mission medal and not toward the NATO bar

not necessarily continuous

the central stripe being white for eligible HQ personnel

And the total service must exceed 240 months

it is the rarest of the five British Great War medals

Canadian Special Service Medal, DISTANTIA Bar excluded-retail only Missions that are flown intoEither 180 consecutive days or an aggregate of 270 days, 60 of which are consecutive, of honourable service beginning on or after 5 November 2024, performed either in Canada or outside of Canada other than a theatre of operations, for the specific purpose of remotely participating, on a full time basis, in approved operations through either the personal use of weapons systems or the delivery of targeted effects, which use or delivery is enabled by