The Veteran Issue 7

Military awards, medals and decorations of the United Kingdom
General Service Medal 1962 Ribbon
General Service
Medal 1962
(GSM)
The General Service Medal 1962 (GSM
1962, also refered sometimes as the
Campaign Service Medal.) was
introduced by the Ministry of Defence
Order NO.61 dated 6th October 1962. It
GSM 1962 with
Northern Ireland Bar
GSM 1962
Reverse
was to combine the three services (Royal Navy, Army andRoyal Air Force) so that they
would have the one identical General Service Medal, with the appropriate clasp issued
to the recipient. The 1962 GSM was awarded until 2007, when it was replaced by the
Operational Service Medal.
If the recipient had already been awarded the medal, then the additional clasp would
be added to those already on the medal. Like its predecessors, the Naval General Service
Medal (NSGM) and General Service Medal 1918-62 (GSM 1918-62), the GSM 1962 was
not issued without a clasp. The clasps were worn on the GSM 1962 in the order that they
were earned (reading from the bottom of the ribbon upwards), which is not necessarily
the chronological order of the clasps institution.
Those mentioned in despatches or who received a Queen’s Commendation during a
campaign qualifying for the 1962 GSM wear an oak leaf symbol on the medal ribbon
There has been fourteen clasps awarded with this medal since it's inception:
Cyprus 1963-64
Borneo
Radfan
South Arabia
Malay Peninsula
South Vietnam
Northern Ireland
Dhofar
Lebanon
Mine Clearance, Gulf of Suez
Gulf
Kuwait
N. Iraq & S. Turkey
Air Operations Iraq
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