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India General Service Medal
1936 -1939
Instituted 3rd August 1938
and awarded to all officers
and men, authorised public and private followers and civilian
personnel borne on the strength of a unit or formation, and to
police and other civilian personnel who rendered full time active
service employed in military operations in, or on the frontier of
India.
Description; 36mm diameter in silver1.
Obverse; The crowned head of King George VI and the legend; GEORGIVS
VI D: G: BR: OMN: REX ET INDIAE IMP: Reverse; A Tiger
symbolically bridging a mountain pass, with the word INDIA above.
Bars issued; (2) North West Frontier 1936-37 and North West
Frontier 1937-39 (the medal could not be awarded without a bar)
Geographic limits of service for the two clasps issued with this
medal are officially defined via; AO 168 of 1938 for the first
clasp - and AO 217 of 1940 for the second. (see link below ) 2.
Naming; impressed in sans serif capitals, several different
sizes are found. Also issued with engraved naming to the RAF.
Ribbon; a red bordered, wide khaki central stripe with green edge
stripes.
notes.
1. The medal was struck in Britain at the Royal
mint and in India at the Calcutta mint- this has resulted in two
slightly different versions - the two notable features are that the
Indian issue claw is plain where on the British striking it is
ornate, and the Indian medals are struck on a thicker flan. Generally
the medal is issued with a swivelling suspender, apart form the
British issue single clasp NWF 37-39 which were awarded in the UK
after WWII with a fixed suspender. 2.
Geographical limits for the clasps
(Also see:
Medals of the Regiments for qualification by regiment for
British Infantry and Cavalry units.) |
