Medal of Distinguished Service of the Israel Police

Hebrew name: Itur HaMofet

The decoration is awarded for an act of exemplary bravery. This decoration is awarded by the Chief Commissioner of Police.

Design
The designer of the medal was Nathan Karp. The original medal is a silver disc of 39 mm diameter and weight 25 gr., showing a stylized candelabra within which is an olive branch above the police emblem. The ribbon is blue with two thin white stripes. The medals were first minted by Kretschmer of Jerusalem in 1974 and issued by the Israel Government Coins and Medals Corporation, of silver. Later productions are of nickel

Awards to civilians
The Medal of Valor, Medal of Courage and Medal of Distinguished Service may be awarded to civilians that do not belong to the police force, for acts performed by legal use of arrest authority, by fulfilling a legal duty, in assistance to police personnel performing a legal arrest, or during serious crimes or public disaster.
 

Medal versions found: 
 
Early version - minted by Kretschmer

Medal: silver medal. Some of the medals bear silver marks 925. Probably most of them show a serial number (here covered).

Clasp: Pin back. Dimensions 45.2 x14 mm. Silver mark 925 on the lower right corner.

Ribbon width 40 mm
 
Type 2

Not produced by Kretchmer

Medal: nickel. The police symbol has an error: the hebrew letter "mem" is upside down.

For a detailed look at errors click here.

Clasp: Pin back. Dimensions 41.5 x 15 mm, chrome covered metal

Ribbon width 40 mm.
 
  Modern version

Medal: nickel

Clasp: Large clasp, clutch back
 
 
The certificate and medal of Zechovoy production. Source: Zechovoy Israel
 

Samples:
 
Facebook
 
 
The medal was awarded to the families of the policemen who died in the Carmel forest fires on December 18, 2010.
(Photo: Noam Moscowitz)

Source: http://www.ynetnews.com

 
 
A pair of American chasidim put their lives on the line to help the victim of a terrorist attack.
Januari 31, 2019 
Simche Czin and Mordechai Lichtenstadter were walking through the Old City, when they came across the terrorist stabbing policeman Naaman Fares. Lichtenstadter jumped into action, pulling the terrorist off of Fares, who, despite being wounded, managed to shoot the attacker dead. Czin and Lichtenstadter were both presented with a Civil Exemplary Decoration by Israeli Ambassador to the US Ron Dermer and Police Commander Attaché Yitzhak Almog — becoming the first non-Israelis to ever receive the citation.
 
https://twitter.com/israelinusa/status/1091130761917358080?lang=ca  
 
Photo-Credits: LA.Rosenzweig 
 
 
https://www.theyeshivaworld.com  
 
 
Brigadier General Roni Ochana, Border Police, twice decorated with the Police Medal of Distinguished Service
 
 
Kobi Shabtai, the Commissioner of Israel Police since January 17, 2021,
 wearing the ribbons of Medal of Courage and Medal of Distinguished service above the campaign ribbons 
 


Roman Yagel, retired Police Brigadier General, wearer of the Police Distinguished Service Medal, anti Nazi Fighters medal (both shown on left side of the picture) and several Israeli campaign ribbons, in addition to Polish and Russian WW2 decorations. Picture taken by Tal Inbar ©
 
 

Prison Service Commissioner Yacov Ganot, wearing enamel ribbons of the medal of Police Distinguished Service, and the campaign ribbons of the Six Day War, War of Attrition, Yom Kippur, Peace For Galilee