UN India & Pakistan (UNMOGIP/UNIPOM) Miniature Medal

The United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) was established in January 1949 to supervise the cease-fire between India and Pakistan, in the State of Jammu and Kashmir. UNIPOM was established in 1965 to supervise the cease-fire and the withdrawal of all armed personnel from the Rann of Kutch to Kashmir, a 1,000-mile segment of the western India-Pakistan border (except in the State of Jammu and Kashmir, where the UNMOGIP operated). In February 1966, following a peace conference in Tashkent, the two armies withdrew to their own sides of the border and UNIPOM was disbanded the next month. The UNMOGIP Mission, based in Jammu and Kashmir, continues to the present date.

Each United Nations medal is identical in design, with a unique ribbon to identify the specific mission. The UNMOGIP and UNIPOM mission ribbons are identical. They have a wide central band in various shades of green to represent the Himalayan Range and the Kashmir Valley, flanked by narrow white stripes representing the snow-capped mountains. Two equal bars of UN blue appear at either end of the ribbon.

Qualifying time for the medal is 90 days of service in the UNIPOM Mission, and 6 months of service in the UNMOGIP Mission. Subsequent tours of the same regions would be denoted with a numeral attached to the ribbon.

All official medals are sent loose on the ribbon unless medal mounting is also purchased on the same order.