Federal Register of Legislation
AUSTRALIAN POLICE MEDAL DETERMINATION
I, WILLIAM GEORGE HAYDEN, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting under regulations 3 and 6 of the Australian Police Medal Regulations, revoke the Australian Police Medal Determination made on the twenty-seventh day of March 1987 and determine as follows:
Medal design
1. The Australian Police Medal is a nickel-silver circular medal 38 millimetres in diameter ensigned with a Crown of Saint Edward in nickel-silver. The obverse bears the effigy of The Sovereign on a Federation Star superimposed over a pattern of fluted rays. The reverse bears a wreath of golden wattle surrounding the inscription "AUSTRALIAN POLICE MEDAL - FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE".
Medal Ribbon
2. The Australian Police Medal is suspended from a ribbon 32 millimetres wide, having a vertical stripe 12 millimetres wide of dark blue flanked by 2 white stripes each 10 millimetres wide.
Medal dress
3. The Australian Police Medal is worn on the left breast whenever full size orders, decorations and medals are worn.
Medal Miniature
4. The miniature of the Australian Police Medal is a half-size replica of the Medal suspended from a miniature ribbon 16 millimetres wide. The miniature Medal is worn whenever miniatures of orders, decorations and medals are worn.
Lapel Badge
5. The lapel badge of the Australian Police Medal is a replica of the Medal 10 millimetres in diameter. The badge may be worn at any time with civilian dress.
Order of Precedence
6. The Australian Police Medal is worn in accordance with the Australian Order of Precedence of Honours and Awards as approved from time to time by The Sovereign.
Dated 27th July 1992
Original Signed by Bill Hayden
GOVERNOR-GENERAL
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