Circular cupro-nickel medal with laterally-pierced lug and swivel ribbon suspension bar; the face with symbols representing the Nigerian Army, Air Force and Navy, upright rifles to either side, all within a ring inscribed ‘ARMED FORCES OF NIGERIA LOYALTY DISCIPLINE COURAGE’; the reverse with a map of Nigeria within a ring on clasped hands, circumscribed ‘NIGERIA DEFENCE SERVICE MEDAL 1967-1970’; on replaced correct ribbon. The medal was awarded to Nigerian military for participation on the government side in the Civil War that raged after the secessionist declaration of the Republic of Biafra.
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