UN Lebanon (UNTSO & UNOGIL) Miniature Medal

Set up in May 1948, UNTSO was the first ever peacekeeping operation established by the United Nations. Since then, UNTSO military observers have remained in the Middle East to monitor ceasefires, supervise armistice agreements, prevent isolated incidents from escalating and assist other UN peacekeeping operations in the region to fulfil their respective mandates. UNTSO has assisted in various missions including UNDOF, UNIFIL, UNGOMAP, UNIMOG, UNIKOM and UNPROFOR.

UNOGIL (the United Nations Observation Group in Lebanon) was established in 1958 in response to the Lebanon Crisis. The group was deployed between June and December 1958 in an observation and reporting capacity only, providing assurance that no weapons or personnel were infiltrating into Lebanon from Syria.

Each United Nations medal is identical in design, with a unique ribbon to identify the specific mission. The UNTSO ribbon has a UN blue background with two narrow white stripes. As this medal ribbon can be awarded for assistance in other UN missions a bar can be added to the medal to indicate the specific mission.

Qualifying time for the medal is 6 months of service in the 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.