the General Service Medal 1962-2007 was awarded to recognise service in minor campaigns that fell short of full scale war

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The General Service Medal with Dhofar Clasp

High-quality die-struck medal

along with an official certificate of entitlement

Distinguished Conduct Medal GVI Category_Long & Meritorious Service the General Service Medal 1962-2007Around 1900 awards of the DCM were made during World War Two with nine recipeints receiving a bar. As with the First World War, awards were made to foreign nationals and in the main these were issued un named, all awards to UK troops were awarded with impressed naming although some awards made for the Far East were engraved locally.