Nursing Service Cross (Australia)

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Nursing Service Cross
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Medal and ribbon
Awarded by Australia
Type Medal
Eligibility Members of the Australian Defence Force
Awarded for outstanding performance of nursing duties in both operational and non-operational situations [1]
Status Currently awarded
Statistics
Established 18 October 1989
Last awarded 26 January 2007
Total awarded 29
Distinct
recipients
28
Precedence
Next (higher) Conspicuous Service Cross (CSC)
Next (lower) Royal Red Cross (Member) (RRC)

The Nursing Service Cross (Post-nominal letters NSC) is a decoration (medal) of the Australian Honours System. The NSC is awarded for outstanding performance of nursing duties in both operational and non-operational situations.

The NSC replaced the Royal Red Cross in the Imperial honours system for recognising nursing personnel.

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  • The NSC is a four-stepped sterling silver cross ensigned with the Crown of St Edward. The obverse bears a transparent red enamel cross insert overlaid on a flecked pattern radiating from the centre of the medal.
  • The medal has a sterling silver suspender bar.
  • The ribbon is 32 millimetres wide, with a central red vertical band flanked by two wide white vertical bands and a further two thin vertical gold bands.

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