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The Naval General Service Medal 1909-62

Time Period: Interwar Period
Year of Institution: 1915
Country: Great Britain

The Naval General Service Medal was instituted in 1915 to recognize service by the Royal Navy and Royal Marines in minor campaigns that would not otherwise earn a specific campaign medal.

The Army/Air Force equivalent was the General Service Medal (1918). Both these medals were replaced by the General Service Medal in 1962.

The medal was awarded with the following clasps:

MALAYA
BOMB & MINE CLEARANCE 1945-46
CANAL ZONE

The Naval General Service Medal 1909-62 Design

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

It was awarded with one of five obverse designs:

George V (1915-36)
George VI Ind Imp (1936-49)
George VI Fid Def (1949-52)
Elizabeth II Br Omn (1952-53)
Elizabeth II Dei Gratia (1953-62)

The ribbon is white with broad crimson edges and two narrow crimson stripes towards the center.

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