United Nations
Rosettes
[Courtesy of
a former UN FSO]
They are issued when one is eligible after
90
days in the mission area. They are only issued to Field Service
Officers
(FSOs) [FSO have a Uniform (grey-blue with black stripe on
trousers - looks
like US Mail ], and they are a branch of the UN serving in
peacekeeping
missions only. They work as security, admin, radio techs, radio
operators
and vehicle mechanics. They are civilian, unlike the military
observers
and / or troops in peacekeeping missions that are seconded
by their
governments. The military are issued a full UN medal (same medal
but different
ribbon for each mission, although Korea always had its own
different medal).
The very same ribbons for each mission that the military are
awarded, are
the ribbons that the FSO rosettes are made from. Some
FSOs suffer caustlties as well as their Military Brothers, get
blown up,
killed and dismembered -
My remarks-Also as Rosettes are mainly
given
as Civilian wear, this would seem to be a very appropriate Award
for non-Military
and I would think
special as only they would have one to wear
when an occasion called for it.
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Eric Bush 2009
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created 2009
updated 03/2019