St John Service Service Medal

The Service Medal of the Order is awarded to eligible persons who perform 
Qualifying Service each year, properly recorded and certified, for a determined 
number of years. Volunteers and staff who perform volunteer service on behalf 
of the Order are eligible to receive the Service Medal of the Order. 

Service Criteria 
The Qualifying Period for an eligible person to be awarded a Service Medal shall 
be not less than ten (10) years of volunteer service on behalf of St. John, defined 
as follows: 
a. Only Active members as of the Appointed Day are considered eligible 
under the ten (10) year qualifying period. Active members are defined as 
volunteers who, as of December 31, 2019, have rendered sixty (60) hours 
of volunteer service as a minimum in that year; 
b. Not less than ten (10) years of Qualifying Service is to be interpreted as 
the equivalent of not less than sixty (60) hours voluntary service on behalf 
of St. John, for each and every year and for which no remuneration has 
been paid.  
c. Qualifying Service in one capacity may be added to service in any other 
qualifying capacity, provided they are not simultaneous; 
d. Qualifying Service need not be ten (10) continuous years and therefore 
may be cumulative; 
e. Prior to the Appointed Day, Qualifying Service under twelve (12) years 
will only be considered eligible if the the person is determined to be an 
Active member as of January 1, 2020. 

Bars to the Service Medal 
Silver and Gold Bars may be awarded for each five years of satisfactory service, 
subject to the same criteria and application process as for the Service Medal. 
The Medal and Bars to the Medal are awarded as follows: 
a.  10 years – Service Medal 
b.  15 years – Service medal + 1 silver bar 
c.  20 years – Service Medal + 2 silver bars 
d.  25 years – Service medal + 3 silver bars 
e.  30 years – Service medal + 1 gold bar 
f.  35 years – Service medal + 2 gold bars 
g.  40 years – Service medal + 3 gold bars 
h.  45 years – Service medal + 4 gold bars 

The full size medal comes loose and with 8 inches of quality ribbon (38mm wide) and the miniature size medal comes loose and with 5 inches of quality ribbon (16mm wide). 

Long Service Bars and Medal Mounting Services are available at additional cost.