PORTUGUESE ARMED FORCES CAMPAIGNS COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL
Created November, 30, 1916
Created in November, 30, 1916, by decree nr. 2870, together with the War Cross, this medal commemorated the campaigns of the armed forces outside metropolitan Portugal, mainly due to the context of the Portuguese participation in World War I.
As indicated in Article 6 of the specific regulations to this medal, published January 18, 1917, the Campaign medal was also directly linked to the Queen D. Amélia medal, which, since 1902, worked as a general service medal. All campaign bars approved for the latter could be used in the former.
The CAMPAIGNS COMMEMORATIVE MEDAL awards “military who have served in campaign situation” (Art. 46, Regulation 2002).
OBVERSE: National emblem, encircled with the legend «CAMPANHAS E COMISSÕES ESPECIAIS DAS FORÇAS ARMADAS PORTUGUESAS» (Campaigns and Special Commissions of the Portuguese Armed Forces), in uppercase elzevir font, encircled in turn by a laurel wreath; on top, a mural crown with 5 towers;
REVERSE: disc with, on the upper part, a National Banner; imposed on it, the figures of a soldier of the Army, to the right, a soldier of the Air Force, in the middle, and a sailor of the Navy, to the left, standing on a pedestal; encircling, the legend «ESTE REINO É OBRA DE SOLDADOS» (This Kingdom is the Work of Soldiers”), in uppercase elzevir font; on top, the same crown mural, as on the obverse.
On the IMAGE we present here, we have the 1971 reverse, which presents the names of the places were campaigns took place: Guiné, Cabo Verde; S. Tomé e Principe; Angola (left of the 3 soldiers) & Moçambique, India, Macau and Timor (right of the soldiers). This feature was taken out in the 2002 regulations.
CLASPS APPROVED FOR THIS MEDAL
DATE |
DECREE |
LEGEND |
18/1/1917 |
2941 |
SUL DA ANGOLA, 1914 A 1915 |
1/2/1917 |
2965 |
MOÇAMBIQUE, 1897-1898 |
23/9/1918 |
- |
TIMOR, 1912-1913 |
30/11/1918 |
5060 |
MOÇAMBIQUE, 1914 A 1918 |
3/1/1919 |
5086 |
NO MAR, 1916-1917-1918 |
12/4/1919 |
5400 |
FRANÇA, 1917-1918 |
14/5/1919 |
- |
LUNDA, 1911 |
14/5/1919 |
- |
CONGO, 1914-1915 |
28/5/1919 |
5799 |
DEFESA MARÍTIMA, 1914-1918 |
31/7/1919 |
5983 |
NO MAR, 1916-1917-1918 |
| DEFESA MARÍTIMA, 1914-1918 |
8/4/1920
|
6546 |
OCUPAÇÃO DO DISTRITO DE MOÇAMBIQUE, 1906-1913 |
30/4/1920 |
- |
CUANZA-SUL, 1917-1918 |
8/7/1920 |
6731 |
ALÉM CUNENE, 1904 |
25/6/1920 |
7433 |
CUANHAMA, 1915 |
18/7/1920 |
7434 |
SATARY, 1912 |
4/3/1921 |
1123 |
C.E.L., DEFESA MARÍTIMA, 1916-1918 |
| FUNCHAL, DEFESA MARÍTIMA, 1916-1918 |
| PONTA DELGADA, DEFESA MARÍTIMA, 1916-1918 |
10/9/1920 |
- |
BISSAU 1915 |
3/2/1923 |
8613 |
CABO VERDE 1917-1918 |
1/5/1923 |
8791 |
DEMBOS 1918-1919 |
12/7/1924 |
- |
LUNDA 1922-1923 |
31/12/1924 |
10442 |
LUNDA 1920 |
13/1/1928 |
15026 |
CONGO 1918 |
4/2/1963 |
19683 |
NORTE DE ANGOLA (civil years since 15/3/1961) |
7/5/1964 |
20564 |
GUINÉ (civil years since 1/3/1963) |
6/4/1966 |
21941 |
MOÇAMBIQUE (civil years since 1/8/1965) |
21/8/1967 |
22838 |
ANGOLA (civil years since 23/12/1966) (extinguishes the clasp NORTE DE ANGOLA) |
Note: In red, the campaigns connected with
Worl War I, according to OLIVEIRA (2005)
SOURCES:
- Decreto-Lei n.º 316/2002 de 27 de Dezembro - Regulamento da Medalha Militar e das Medalhas Comemorativas das Forças Armadas.
- MELO, Olímpio de (1923), Ordens Militares Portuguesas e Outras Condecorações, Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional de Lisboa;
- OLIVEIRA, Humberto Nuno de (2005), "World War I Portuguese Campaign Medal Bars", in: JOMSA, Volume 56, Number 4, July-August 2005.
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