Badge of Valour: Sleipner

The Badge of Valour: Sleipner is awarded to those individuals and units of 5122nd Imperial Army who are deployed into an active combat zone anywhere within the Sleipner Sector after the opening of the Great Rift.

Typically, Badges of Valour are issued once to any individual or unit, but in light of the change in the approach that Staff Colonel Juha Jussila is taking, with smaller operations, it has been authorised that any units participating in any of the below operations who have already received the medal, can add an additional service star in recognition of their service:

Operation EDDA

Significance

In game terms, this is a fluff award, and is given for any unit or character which has been used in a 9th or 10th edition 40k game. The additional of service stars is in light of the Astra Militarum Tour of Duty mechanic used in narrative games

Item type

Award

Owning Organization

5122nd Imperial Army

Rarity

This medal is becoming more and more common as untis are deployed throughout the sector in the wake of the Great Rift opening and the subsequent after-effects

Raw materials & Components

The Badge of Valour: Sleipner is constructed in lien with the other BAdges of Volour, with the medallion being made of the same materials and of the same colour of metal. The ribbon is of a standard width and the colours and design has been taken directly from the army badge of the 5122nd Imperial Army to reflect the joining of all Imperial forces under the leadership of Napoleon Letizia