India General Service Medal (1936)
India General Service Medal | |
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![]() ![]() ![]() Obverse (top left) and reverse (top right) of the medal. Ribbon: 32mm, grey flanked by narrow red stripes, with broad green stripes at the edges. | |
Awarded by United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | |
Type | Campaign medal |
Eligibility | British and Indian forces. |
Awarded for | Campaign service. |
Campaign(s) | India 1936–39. |
Description | Silver disk, 36mm diameter. |
Clasps |
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Statistics | |
Established | 1938 |
![]() Example of medal with North West Frontier 1936–37 clasp. |
The Indian General Service Medal (1936 IGSM) was 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.[1]
The 1936 IGSM was awarded for minor military campaigns on the North-West Frontier of India between 1936 to 1939. Each campaign covered by the medal was represented by a clasp on the ribbon; two were sanctioned,[2] both relating to operations in Waziristan:
- North West Frontier 1936–37
- North West Frontier 1937–39
The second clasp was only struck and distributed after the Second World War.[3]
Recipients of a Mention in Despatches were entitled to wear an oak leaf emblem on the ribbon.[1]
The medal was struck at both the Calcutta and London mints, for Indian and British forces respectively.[4] The claw mount attaching the medal disc to the suspension differs between the two, the Calcutta Mint version being of a plain curved style, while London made medals are of a more elaborate raised scroll type.[1]
- Calcutta Mint
- London Mint
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.
Notes
- 1 2 3 Joslin, Litherland and Simpkin. British Battles and Medals. p. 244.
- ↑ Medals Yearbook 2003, p.168
- ↑ Edward C Joslin. Observer Book of British Awards and Medals. pp. 152–3. Published by Frederick Warne & Co, 1973.
- ↑ John W. Mussell, editor. Medal Yearbook 2015. p. 174. Published Token Publishing Limited, Honiton, Devon. 2015.
Bibliography
- Joslin, Litherland, and Simpkin (eds), British Battles and Medals, (1988). Spink
- Mackay, J and Mussel, J (eds) - Medals Yearbook - 2006, (2005), Token Publishing.
- Mussell, John W. (ed), Medals Yearbook - 2015. Token Publishing.