Ribbon: White with 2 narrow red stripes and red edges.
      Instituted: 1915.
      Awarded: For service in specific operations mounted by the Royal Navy or Royal Marines (unless in Africa or India, for which the appropriate service medal would be awarded).
    
  
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    | George VI | 
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    | Elizabeth II | 
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    | PERSIAN GULF 1909-14 - for operations against pirates, gun-runners and slavers. | 
    IRAZ 1919-20 - for river gunboat service during the Arab Rebellion. | 
    N.W. PERSIA 1920 - for service in the Naval Mission. | 
  
  
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    | PALESTINE 1936-39 - for service during the 'troubles.' | 
    S.E. ASIA 1945-6 - for operations in Java, Sumatra and French Indochina. | 
    MINESWEEPING 1945-51 - for 6 months' minesweeping in specified areas. | 
  
  
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    | PALESTINE 1945-48 - for service during further 'troubles.' | 
    YANGTZE 1949 - for the attack on HMS Amethyst and other vessels by Communist Chinese forces. | 
    BOMB AND MINE CLEARANCE 1945-53 - for operations in specified areas. | 
  
  
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    | BOMB AND MINE CLEARANCE MEDITERRANEAN | 
    CYPRUS - for Eoka operations, 1955-59. | 
    NEAR EAST - for operations on the Suez Canal, 1956. | 
  
  
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    | ARABIAN PENINSULAR - 1957-60. | 
    BRUNEI - service in Brunei, North Borneo and Sarawak, December 1962. | 
    CANAL ZONE - authorised 2003 for service in the Suez Canal Zone between October 1951 and October 1954. |