Was there a Korea War service medal? There are actually three, or four, if you like.
First of all, there's the Commonwealth service medal. This is the one that all members of the Commonwealth got. Canada's is slightly different. Mine is a British one. It's made of copper and nickel. Canadians are, obviously, much more wealthy, as we found out on parade in Korea, and theirs are made of silver. This is a medal with a yellow and blue-striped ribbon.
Then the United Nations gave you a United Nations Service Medal, which was awarded to people who served in Korea and afterwards and also to people who served in Japan. To get the Korea War medal, you had to have served in Korea during the actual war; to get the United Nations medal you had to have served in the theatre up until I think 1954, or a year after the ceasefire.
Apparently that wasn't enough for some people. They decided that we didn't have a distinct Canadian medal. So I think about 15 years ago.... Do you remember when your assistant actually received a medal, because I think I got one of the first ones?