General Service Medal (GSM) 1918–1962
Full size replica from $60 court mounted.
Miniature replica from $50 court mounted.
Remounting of Original or replica + clean from $60 court mounted.
Prices do not include clasps and Oak Leaf.

Further reading
The General Service Medal (GSM) 1918–1962 was instituted by (UK) Army Order No 4 dated 19 January 1923. It was designed to be a general service medal similar to the Naval General Service Medal 1915–1962 and be awarded for minor conflicts for which no other specific campaign medal is awarded. It was always awarded with a clasp indicating the area for which the medal was awarded. Subsequent service is recognised by the award of further clasps to be worn on the original medal.
Although the medal was introduced in 1918 it was not generally awarded to Australians until after World War II, and most commonly for the Malayan Emergency.

Design
The GSM 1918–1962 is a cupro-nickel medal, 36 mm in diameter, with an ornamental suspender. The obverse has the effigy of the reigning sovereign at time of issue. The reverse has a figure of Victory with a trident in her left hand and a wreath in her right. Directly below the wreath is a winged sun above a sword, vertically aligned with the tip pointing towards the base of the medal.

Ribbon
The GSM 1918–1962 ribbon is purple with a central dark green stripe.

Clasps and Oak Leak
Members mentioned in despatches for operations recognised by the GSM 1918–1962 after 11 August 1920 were approved to wear a bronze oak leaf on the medal ribbon and a small version as a ribbon bar emblem.

• Southern Persia
• Kurdistan
• Iraq
• North Western Persia
• Southern Desert, Iraq
• Northern Kurdistan
• Palestine
• Bomb and Mine Clearance 1945–1949
• Palestine 1945–1948
• Bomb and Mine Clearance 1945–1956
• Malaya
• South Eastern Asia 1945–1946
• Cyprus
• Near East
• Arabian Peninsula
• Brunei

Order of Wear 
​Is below the Naval General Service Medal 1915-62.
And above the 1939-45 Star.

The order of wearing of the Naval General Service Medal 1915-62 and General Service Medal 1918-62 (Army and Air Force) will vary from person to person depending on when the person earned the first clasp. If the first clasp relates to service between World War I and World War II, the medals should be worn immediately after World War I war medals. If the first clasp relates to service after 2 September 1945, the medals should be worn immediately after the United Nations Service Medal for Korea.

Further information can be found at
Defence Honours and Awards
GOV.UK

​​Information sourced from the DHAM.

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