Military Star

IRL012 An Réalt Míleata

Medal instituted in 1989.
Medal awarded to members of the Permanent Defence Force and the Chaplaincy Service killed or fatally wounded as a direct result of a hostile action or act perpetrated by an enemy, opposing armed force, hostile belligerent or other party, involving the use of firepower or other lethal weapon, in the course of service outside the state on approved military duties overseas.