Decoration
Bar
A bar denotes a subsequent award of the same medal or decoration.
Awarded over time
Bar appointments by year.
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Topics by number of recipients
Every topic recognised among Bar recipients, by number of people. Scroll for the full list.
Honours rounds
Rounds that included this award - open one to see the recipients.
| Year | Honours list | Recipients |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 2 |
A medal bar or medal clasp is a thin metal bar attached to the ribbon of a military decoration, civil decoration, or other medal. It most commonly indicates the campaign or operation the recipient received the award for, and multiple bars on the same medal are used to indicate that the recipient has met the criteria for receiving the medal in multiple theatres.
Background from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
At a glance
- Awarding body
- The British Crown
- Rank
- Bar
- Formal title
- None
Overview
Signifies repeat recognition for further distinguished service
Eligibility
Recipients of a previous award
- Further distinguished service
Repeat excellence
Rank & Precedence
Bar - Award enhancement
- Above: None
- Below: None
Entitlements
- Post-nominal letters
- None
- Formal title
- None
- Insignia
- Additional bar clasp on ribbon
Award Process
- Subsequent nomination
- Honours committee
- Approved by the Sovereign
Announced: Honours lists
Royal ceremony
Significance
Multiple acts of merit or service
- Repeated excellence
- Enduring service
Sources & further reading
- Honours: overview - GOV.UK
- Awards and accreditation - The Gazette
- Medal bar - Wikipedia
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Linked data
A bar (or clasp) added to the ribbon of a decoration to denote a further conferral of the same honour - for example a Bar to the Distinguished Flying Cross signifies the DFC awarded a second time. It marks a repeat award rather than being a separate grade.
- Canonical URI
- honoria.co.uk/id/honours/bar
- Wikidata
- Q3537204
- The Gazette ontology
- gaz:Bargaz:MultipleAwardBar
From the Honoria honours vocabulary (SKOS). exactMatch = Wikidata; closeMatch = The Gazette honours ontology (official but a 2008–2015 beta).