Pingat Bakti Setia (Pertahanan Awam) (The Long Service Medal — Civil Defence) Rules 2007

The Medal may be awarded to any person who has completed at least 25 years of continuous and unbroken service in the Singapore Civil Defence Force as —

The period of full-time national service completed by the serviceman shall be included in the computation of service for the purposes of paragraph (1).

The Medal shall consist of a 5-pointed star with angled rays shape in 925 sterling silver and shall measure 38 mm in width and 3 mm in thickness.

The obverse side of the Medal shall bear the Singapore Coat-of-Arms encircled by the inscription “CIVIL DEFENCE FORCE” above the Coat-of-Arms and “SINGAPORE” beneath the Coat-of-Arms.

The reverse side of the Medal shall bear the Singapore Civil Defence Force Crest encircled by the inscription “PINGAT BAKTI SETIA (PERTAHANAN AWAM)”.

The Medal shall be of the design set out in the Schedule.

The Medal shall be worn by the recipient on the left side of the outer garment suspended by a ribbon 33 mm in width and 50 mm in length.

The ribbon shall have vertical stripes in red and grey.

The centre of the ribbon shall have a red strip of 3 mm in width, flanked on each side by a grey stripe of 4 mm in width, followed by another red stripe of 5 mm in width, another grey stripe of 1 mm in width and another red stripe of 5 mm in width.

The President may forfeit any Medal awarded to any person under these Rules if the person —

Any Medal forfeited may be restored by the President.

A notice of the forfeiture or restoration of any Medal shall be published in the Gazette.