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Military Medals

The Veterans Affairs Canada Web site provides descriptions and illustrations of Canadian Military Medals and Decorations [www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/cmdp/mainmenu].

Research at Library and Archives Canada

Medal Registers (RG 9 IIA5)

Library and Archives Canada holds the registers of medals awarded to individuals who saw active service in the:

• Fenian Raids (1866, 1870) and Red River Rebellion (1870): Canada General Service Medal Registers.
• North West Rebellion (1885): North West Canada Medal Register.
• South African War (1899-1902): Queen's South African Medal Register.

A nominal card index is available onsite. The names of the recipients of the Queen's South African Medal are indexed in our South African War database. To request a search of the other medal registers and citations, please use our online Genealogy Inquiry Form.

Personnel records for those who served in the First and Second World Wars indicate which medals were awarded.

Research in Other Institutions

For information about medal entitlements and replacements, contact the appropriate office:

First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-/945) and Korean War (1951-1953):

Veterans Affairs Canada
Honours & Awards Section
Room 1711, 66 Slater Street
Ottawa, ON K1A 0P4
CANADA
Telephone: 1-613-995-5003 or 1-877-995-5003 (toll free in Canada and the US)
Fax: 1-613-947-3844

Merchant Marine:

Veterans Affairs Canada
Merchant Navy Registry
P.O. Box 7700
Charlottetown, PEI C1A 8M9
CANADA
Telephone: 1-888-289-8512
Fax: 1-902-368-0564

United Nations and Long Service Medals:

Directorate of History and Heritage 4-3
Building 347, Uplands Site
National Defence Headquarters
101 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa, ON K1A 0K2
CANADA
Telephone: 1-877-741-8332

Canadian Volunteer Service Medal for Korea, 125th Anniversary Medal, Jubilee Medals, Civilian Bravery Awards, Protocols for Wearing Foreign Awards:

Government House Chancellery of Orders & Decorations
1 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A1
CANADA
Telephone: 1-613-993-3538 or 1-800-465-6890 (toll free in Canada and the US)

British Forces:

Ministry of Defence Medal Office
Service Personnel and Veterans Agency
Building 250
RAF Innsworth
Gloucester, UK
GL3 1HW

Murmansk Run Medal:

Embassy of Russian Federation
285 Charlotte Street
Ottawa, ON K1N 8L5
CANADA
Telephone: 1-613-235-4341

All Canadian Veterans of the Persian Gulf War (2 August 1990 - 27 June 1991):

The Embassy of Kuwait has commenced the distribution of the Liberation of Kuwait medal. To determine if someone qualifies for the medal and to complete the application form, the client should visit www.embassyofkuwait.ca and fax or email the application and proof of service to:

Embassy of Kuwait
333 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, ON K1N 1J9
CANADA
Fax: 613-780-9999
Email: info@embassyofkuwait.ca.

Research Online

First World World Campaign Medals (British Army and Royal Flying Corps)
[www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/browse-refine.asp?
CatID=10&searchType=browserefine&pagenumber=1&query=*&queryType=1]

Air Force Honours and Awards
[http://airforce.ca/honours-awards/search-awards-database]

Awards to the Royal Canadian Navy
[www.rcnvr.com/]

Use AVITUS to find other Web sites about military medals, including Victoria Cross winners.