Polish campaign stars were established on 14 June 2007 to recognize military and civilian participants of overseas missions since 2002.

Foreigners may be presented with a campaign star for collaborating with Polish forces during the mission.

The raised monogram of the letters "RP" is found in the top arm of the star.

The award is suspended on the ribbon in the color defined for each individual star, in a width of 35 mm, with a red stripe width of 4 mm through the center, which has white stripes on the sides of a width of 2 mm and symmetrically arranged along the edges of connected strips or stripes in the colors of the flag state or area.

Clasps may be awarded for a specific military operation or for repeated deployments.