Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal
Obverse and reverse: United Kingdom version
Type	Medal
Awarded for	5 years in Public service, including the Armed Forces, the emergency services, the prison service, one year in the royal household, and all VC and GC recipients
Precedence
Next (higher)	Dependent on state
Equivalent	Dependent on state
Next (lower)	Dependent on state
Ribbon of the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal.

The Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal or The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Medal is a commemorative medal created to mark the seventieth anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's accession to the thrones of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms in 2022. The medal will be awarded to people who work in public service, including the Armed Forces, the emergency services, and the prison services.

Design

The medal, made of nickel silver, has the Ian Rank-Broadley bust of Her Majesty on the obverse. The reverse shows the helm, crest, and mantling of the royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom used outside Scotland. The ribbon has silver edges representing the Silver Jubilee, the blue from the Golden Jubilee medal, and the red from the Diamond Jubilee ribbon.

Eligibility

Those who will receive the medal for Her Majesty The Queen's Platinum Jubilee are:

• Serving members of the Armed Forces that have completed five full calendar years of service on 6 February 2022.
• Volunteer Reserve and Ex Regular Reservists of the Armed Forces who are currently serving and who have received 5 Certificates of Efficiency.
• Uniformed cadet force adult volunteers in MOD sponsored cadet forces with 1826 days membership (not necessarily continuous) and five effective training years of which 2021/2022 must be one. Effective training year is 15 days service between 1st April and 31 March (7 in 2020/21 and 10 in 2021/22 to account for covid) with a parade evening counting as a quarter day.
• Frontline emergency services personnel that have been in paid service, retained or in a voluntary capacity, dealing with emergencies as part of their conditions of service, and have completed five full calendar years of service on 6 February 2022.
• Prison services personnel who are publicly employed and are regularly exposed to difficult and sometimes emergency situations that have completed five full calendar years of service on 6 February 2022.
• Members of the Royal Household with one year of qualifying service.
• Living individual recipients of the Victoria Cross and George Cross.

Alberta, Canada

7000 Albertans who have made "significant contributions" to society.

Jamaica

Members of the Jamaica Defence Force, the Jamaica Constabulary Force, the Department of Correctional Services, the Jamaica Fire Brigade and the Emergency Medical Services.

Images for kids

• 

  Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal (Manitoba)

• 

  Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal (New Brunswick)

• 

  Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal (Nova Scotia)

• 

  Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal (Saskatchewan)