The India General Service Medal (1936)

• Time Period: Interwars Period
• Year of Institution: 3 August 1938
• Country: Great Britain

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

The 1936 IGSM was awarded for minor military campaigns on the North-West Frontier of India between 1936 to 1939. Two campaigns / clasps were sanctioned, both relating to operations in Waziristan:

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

The Indian General Service Medal 1937-1939 clasp was only struck and distributed after the Second World War. Recipients of a Mention in Dispatches were entitled to wear an oak leaf emblem on the ribbon.

The Indian General Service Medal Design

The medal was struck at the Calcutta mint for Indian forces and London mint for British forces. The claw mount attaching the medal disc to the suspension is different in the two medals, the Calcutta Mint version has a plain curved style, and the London made medals are of a more elaborate raised scroll type.

The ribbon is 32mm, grey flanked by narrow red stripes, with broad green stripes at the edges.

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.