Home Guard Service Medal

The Home Guard Service Medal (Swedish: Hemvärnets tjänstgöringsmedalj, HVtjgSM/GM/GMmemalj) is a service medal awarded by the Swedish Home Guard. The award is given to Home Guard soldiers, Home Guard musicians and volunteer staff with a valid Home Guard contract and to those who remain in the Home Guard as a Home Guard veteran. The medal is made of three denominations: silver (silver-plated bronze alloy), gold (gilded bronze alloy) and gold with enamel (gilded bronze alloy with the shield enamelled in blue and with red in the royal crown).