Champion Shots Medal (Australia)


The Champion Shots Medal is a military award of Australia. In Australia the three armed forces, the Royal Australian Navy, the Australian Army and the Royal Australian Air Force, conduct annual target-shooting competitions with standard issue weapons. Three medals – one for each force – are awarded to the winners.
No more than three medals can be awarded in each calendar year. If the same person receives a further Champion Shots award it is in the form of a date bar, which is attached to the ribbon of the original award. The most number of clasps awarded is 5, to Brett G. Hartman.

Multiple awards

The Champion Shots Medal is awarded with a clasp in the form of a date bar inscribed with the year the competition is won which is attached to the ribbon of the Medal.
Second and subsequent awards are recognised by a further date bar attached to the ribbon above the original date bar.
When the ribbon is worn alone, the award of an additional clasp is indicated by an emblem in the form of a disc of antiqued brass bearing a device of laurel wreaths.
Eight people have been awarded additional clasps for their medals.