The India General Service Medal 1936-39

• Time Period: Interwar Period
• Institution: 1938
• Country: Great Britain

The Indian General Service Medal (or 1936 IGSM) is a campaign medal approved on 3 August 1938, for issue to officers and men of the British and Indian armies, and of the Royal Air Force.

The medal was awarded for minor military campaigns on the North-West Frontier of India between 1936 and 1939. Each campaign covered by the medal was represented by a clasp on the ribbon; two were sanctioned, both relating to operations in Waziristan:

• North West Frontier 1936–37
• North West Frontier 1937–39

Following the grant of Indian Independence in 1947 the medal became obsolete, although it could still to be worn in uniform by British, Indian and Pakistani servicemen.

The India General Service Medal 1936-39 Design

The medal is circular, struck in silver and measures 36 millimeters in diameter.

The obverse shows a crowned effigy of King George VI. The reverse bears a tiger with the word INDIA across the top.

The ribbon is stone colored flanked by narrow red stripes, with broad green stripes at the edges.