UN Croatia - UNCRO MedalThe Un Protection Forces or UN Croatia UNCRO Medal was established in February 1992 as an interim arrangement to create the conditions of peace and security required for the negotiation of an overall settlement of the Yugoslavian crisis.

This medal was awarded to personnel who had served in an operational theatre of war either on land

If you are putting together a group of medals from World War 2

UN Angola Miniature Medal

we shall defend our Island

Gulf of Oman

Since 1983 recipients details have been engraved across the centre of the cross

The medal was instituted to obviate the need for an exchange of medals between the allies

On the merger of the RNR and RNVR into the RNR in 1957 the ribbon changed from green with white edges and a central stripe to 5 equal stripes of blue

with second award bars for each further 15 years service

Initially awarded only to the French defenders of the Dunkirk pocket

Royal Marines

U-boat attacks