United Kingdom: General Service Medal 1918-1964

Ribbon: Purple with a green central stripe.

Instituted: 1923.

Awarded: For service in minor campaigns that did not warrant issue of a separate medal.

George V Type 1	Sorry - no picture of obverse	Sorry - no picture of reverse
George V Type 2	Sorry - no picture of obverse	Sorry - no picture of reverse
George VI Type 1
George VI Type 2	Sorry - no picture of obverse	Sorry - no picture of reverse
Elizabeth II Type 1
Elizabeth II Type 2
Clasps
S. PERSIA - for operations near Bushire and Banda Abbas 1918-19	KURDISTAN - for peacekeeping and skirmises, 1919 and 1923.	IRAQ - for dealing with an Arab rebellion 1919-20.
N.W. PERSIA - for the North Persia Force in 1920.	SOUTHERN DESERT IRAQ - for service in the Southern Desert in 1928.	NORTHERN KURDISTAN - for operations in 1932.
PALESTINE - for service during the troubles in 1936-39.	S.E. ASIA 1945-46 - for operations in Java, Sumatra and French Indo-China.	BOMB AND MINE CLEARANCE 1945-49 - for services mostly in the UK.
PALESTINE 1945-48 - for service during the troubles in 1945-48.	MALAYA - for anti-communist operations in Singapore, 1948-50, and Malaya, 1956.	CYPRUS - for operations 1955-59.
NEAR EAST - for the Suez Canal landings of 1956	ARABIAN PENNINSULA - for service in the Gulf States, Muscat and Oman and Aden, 1957-60.	BRUNEI - for operations in Brunei, North Borneo and Sarawak in December 1962.
CANAL ZONE - authorised 2003 for service in the Suez Canal Zone between October 1951 and October 1954.