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Miniature circular gilt medal with suspension bar; the face with the national emblem of the Sultanate of Oman, being a pair of crossed Omani swords in scabbards, a sheathed khunjar with belt attachments imposed, circumscribed in Arabic script ‘Sultan Qaboos bin Said Sultan of Oman’; the reverse inscribed ‘lil Khidmat at Taweela’ (for Long Service) in Arabic script within a palm wreath; diameter 17.97mm (0.71 inch); on original ribbon. The medal was instituted by Sultan Said bin Taimur in 1960 for twelve years of continuous service and good conduct in the Omani armed forces. A new version for Sultan Qaboos, as in this example, was produced in 1972.
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