The German Armed Forces Operations Medal is issued with numerous distinctive bars This 34mm bronze medal has an unusually narrow suspension ribbon of 28mm. The well-designed planchet features a German eagle on the obverse and a blank reverse. Each bar measures 20mm in width. On January 28, 2003, the German Army authorized the issuance of the Operations Medal in gold (690 days of accumulated service) and silver (360 days of accumulated service) finishes. It also authorized the issue of the medal to foreign troops.
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| BAR | OPERATION |
| ACEH | Humanitarian Assistance 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake |
| ACT ENDEAVOR | Operation ACTIVE ENDEAVOR |
| AF TUR | Operation ACTIVE FENCE Turkey |
| AFISMA | African Led International Support Mission to Mali |
| AFOR | Albania Force |
| ALLIED FORCE | Operation ALLIED FORCE FRY |
| ALLIED HARMONY | Operation ALLIED HARMONY Macedonia |
| ALLIED HARVEST | Operation ALLIED HARVEST Adriatic Sea |
| ATALANTA | Operation ATALANTA Anti-Piracy Somalia |
| EAGLE ASSIST | Operation Eagle Assist Air Defense 9/11/2001 |
| E.FREEDOM | Operation ENDURING FREEDOM |
| E U I | Operation ALLIED HARMONY under EU command |
| EUCAP NESTOR* | EU Horn of Africa and western Indian Ocean maritime security |
| EUFOR | Multinational peacekeeping BiH |
| EUFOR RCA | UN Peacekeeping Bangui, Central African Republic |
| EUFOR RD CONGO | UN mission MONUC in DR Congo |
| EUTM MALI | EU Mission Bamako, Mali |
| EUTM Somalia | EU Training Mission |
| FOX | NATO Mission protecting OSCE observers in Macedonia |
| IFOR | Implementation Force BiH |
| INTERFET | International Force East Timor |
| ISAF | International Security Assistance Force, Afghanistan |
| KFOR | Kosovo Force |
| K V M | Kosovo Verification Mission |
| MINURSO* | UN Mission for Referendum in Western Sahara |
| MINUSMA* | UN Multi-dimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission Mali |
| OSZE 1 | OSCE Mission Georgia |
| SFOR | Stabilization Force BiH |
| SHARP GUARD | Naval Blockade Adriatic Sea |
| SWIFT RELIEF | Humanitarian Assistance 2005 Kashmir earthquake |
| UNAMA | UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan |
| UNAMID | AU /UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur |
| UNHCR | UN High Commission for Refugees, Sarajevo airlift |
| UNIFIL | UN Interim Force in Lebanon |
| UNMAC | UN Mine Action Center in BiH |
| UNMEE | UN Mission in Ethiopia & Eritrea |
| UNMIK | UN Mission in Kosovo |
| UNMIS | UN Mission in Sudan |
| UNMIS | UN Mission in South Sudan |
| UNOMIG | UN Observer Mission in Georgia |
| UNPF | UN Protection Force in Croatia and BiH |
| UNSCOM | UN Special Commission in Iraq |
| V N 1 | UN/Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Syria |
| WEU | Western European Union Adriatic Sea |
* - Bar Not Observed
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