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Circular gilt bronze medal with laterally-pierced ball suspension; the face with the Serbian royal arms, the eagle with fleur de lys beneath its claws; the reverse inscribed ‘for Zealous Service’ in Cyrillic script above the Serbian royal arms on oak and laurel branches; on replaced correct trifold ribbon.
The Medal was instituted on 19 April (1 May) 1913 to be awarded to both military and civilians for zealous service in, or in support of, the Serbian armed forces during the two Balkan Wars just ended. It continued to be awarded during and after World War I.
Designed by Dorde Jovanovic (1861-1953), one of leading Serbian sculptors of the day, the Medal was initially manufactured by Arthus Bertrand of Paris and Huguenin Frères of Le Locle, Switzerland and later in Yugoslavia.
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