The Conspicuous Service Medal (CSM) was introduced in1989 to recognise meritorious achievement or devotion to duty in non-warlike situations.
Medal
The CSM is a nickel-silver medal with the obverse having a central device of the Southern Cross surrounded by a laurel wreath. The reverse has a horizontal panel for recipient details over a design of fluted rays.
Ribbon
The CSM ribbon has alternating narrow diagonal stripes of bush green and sandy gold.
Further Awards
A further award of the CSM is denoted by a nickel-silver bar with a superimposed central replica of the Medal flanked by laurel leaves. When the ribbon is worn alone, the award of a bar is indicated by the addition of a ribbon bar emblem in the form of the Medal.
Postnominal
Recipients of the Conspicuous Service Medal are entitled to the postnominal letters ‘CSM’. Recipients of a bar to the CSM add ‘and Bar’ to the postnominal.
