Editing Imperial Service Order (section)

{{Short description|Award to British Empire civil servants on retirement}}
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{{Infobox order
|title       = Imperial Service Order
|image       = [[Image:Imperial_Service_Order_Elizabeth_II.gif|150px]]
|caption     = Decoration as worn by gentlemen.
|awarded_by  = [[Charles III]]
|type        = [[Order (decoration)|Order]]
|established = August 1902
|motto       = 
|for         = Nationally important service
|status      = Currently constituted<br />(only in Papua New Guinea)
|head_title  = Sovereign
|head        = [[Charles III]]
|grades      = Companion
|post-nominals=ISO
|image2      = [[Image:ImperialServiceOrderRibbon.gif|90px]]
|caption2    = Ribbon bar of the order
}}
The '''Imperial Service Order''' was established by King [[Edward VII]] in August 1902. It was awarded on retirement to the administration and clerical staff of the [[Civil Service]] throughout the [[British Empire]] for long and meritorious service.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Imperial_Service_Order |title=National Archives |access-date=26 November 2009 |archive-date=5 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305084647/http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Imperial_Service_Order |url-status=dead }}</ref> Normally a person must have served for 25 years to become eligible, but this might be shortened to 16 years for those serving in unhealthy climates abroad. There is one class: Companion. Both men and women are eligible, and recipients of this order are entitled to use the [[post-nominal letters]] 'ISO'.<ref name="duckers">{{cite book|last=Duckers|first=Peter|title=British Orders and Decorations|publisher=Shire Books|year=2004|pages=48–51}}</ref><ref name="hmso">{{cite book|title=Honours and Titles|publisher=[[HMSO]]|year=1996|edition=second|pages=101}}</ref>