The Iraq Active Service Medal, also known as the King Faisal’s War Medal, is a British campaign medal established in May 1926.
The medal was awarded to British Army and RAF personnel stationed in Iraq or serving with the Iraq Levis. It was originally issued without a clasp, but clasps denoted subsequent actions or periods of service.
From 1931 on, medals were issued with appropriate clasps from the outset.
The medal is circular, struck in bronze and measures 38 millimeters in diameter.
The obverse shows a crescent forming the lower part, with an Arabic inscription above signifying “General Service” in two laurel branches. The medal is superimposed on crossed rifles, with rays in the arc between the muzzles.
The reverse bears the name of King Faisal I in Arabic and the date (AH) 1344 (1926).
The ribbon measures 31 millimeters and has equal stripes in green, white and green. The suspension is a flattened loop suspender.
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