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Conspicuous Service Cross (Australia)

Australian Defence Force Award

Summary

Australian Defence Force Award

Field	Value
name	Conspicuous Service Cross
image	[[File:Conspicuous_Service_Cross.png	110px]]
[[File:CSC Australia ribbon.png	90px]]
caption	Medal and ribbon
presenter	Australia
type	Medal
eligibility	Members of the Australian Defence Force and Officers & Instructors of the Australian Defence Force Cadets
awarded_for	outstanding commitment to duty or outstanding application of exceptional skills, judgment or dedication, in non-war-like situations
status	Currently awarded
post-nominals	CSC
established	18 October 1989
lastawarded	2025 Birthday Honours
total_awarded	1,422
precedence_label	Order of Wear
higher	Member of the Royal Victorian Order
lower	Nursing Service Cross
related	Conspicuous Service Medal
image2	AUS Conspicuous Service Cross & Bar ribbon.png
caption2	Ribbon for CSC & Bar

|post-nominals = CSC

The Conspicuous Service Cross (CSC) is a decoration (medal) of the Australian honours system. It is awarded to members of the Australian Defence Force "for outstanding devotion to duty or outstanding achievement in the application of exceptional skills, judgment or dedication, in non-warlike situations". All ranks are eligible for the award.

History

The Conspicuous Service Cross was introduced in 1989 to acknowledge outstanding achievement and performance of duty in non-warlike circumstances. Previously, there had been no option for such recognition other than using awards within the Order of Australia.

Description

The medal is a nickel-silver modified Maltese Cross with each axis measuring 38 millimetres, ensigned with the Crown of Saint Edward in nickel-silver, with the arms of the cross interspersed with fluted rays. The obverse bears a central device of the Southern Cross surrounded by a laurel wreath.
The back of the cross shows a horizontal panel.
The ribbon is 32 millimetres wide, having alternating diagonal stripes of bush green and sandy gold 6 millimetres wide.
Additional awards of the CSC wear a nickel-silver bar with a superimposed replica of the cross. The bar is attached to the ribbon of the original award.

Multiple award recipients

Several people have received the Conspicuous Service Cross for a second time (C.S.M. and Bar), including:

		Awardee	Original award	Bar awarded
Colonel		2000 Queen's Birthday Honours
Vice Admiral		2008 Australia Day Honours
Colonel		2006 Queen's Birthday Honours
Lieutenant Colonel		2007 Queen's Birthday Honours
Group Captain		27 November 2003
Captain		2003 Queen's Birthday Honours
Captain		2017 Queen's Birthday Honours
Commander		2014 Queen's Birthday Honours

Notes

References

[https://www.pmc.gov.au/government/its-honour/conspicuous-service-cross Conspicuous Service Cross], www.pmc.gov.au
(30 September 2024). "Governor-General Annual Report 2023-24". Governor General of Australia.
(25 September 2007). "The Order of Wearing Australian Honours and Awards". Government House.
link. (20 October 2018 , www.itsanhonour.gov.au)
Maton 1995, p. 78.
(26 September 2013). "Conspicuous Service". Department of Defence.

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