Official General Service Medal (1962) GSM CSM Miniature Medal + Ribbon

This Medal is an Official product that is 100% made in the UK, Die Struck and Medal Office Approved

This is the Official MoD approved  General Service Medal (1962) Miniature Medal 

Comes complete with Ribbon

Medal 

Silver and circular in shape. The obverse of the medal shows the crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, while the reverse bears the image of an oak wreath surrounding the words 'For Campaign Service'.

Clasp

13 different Clasps have been awarded with the GSM 1962. Award of Clasps to the GSM are not denoted by the wearing of an emblem when the ribbon alone is worn.CLASPS NOT SUPPLIED WITH THIS MINIATURE

Ribbon

A wide central purple stripe flanked by narrow green stripes.
About the GSM 1962

Until 1962, separate General Service Medals had been issued to Naval personnel (the Naval GSM 1915) and Army and RAF personnel (the GSM 1918). The GSM 1962 was instituted in 1962 to replace these medals and was awarded to personnel of all services for campaigns and operations that fell short of full-scale war.

Since its inception, it has been awarded for 13 such campaigns: 'Borneo', 'Radfan', 'South Arabia', 'Malay Peninsula', 'South Vietnam', 'Northern Ireland', 'Dhofar', 'Lebanon', 'Mine Clearance Gulf of Suez', 'Gulf', 'Kuwait', 'N. Iraq & S. Turkey' and 'Air Operations Iraq'.