India General Service Medal (1936)
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The Indian General Service Medal (1936 IGSM) was a campaign medal
approved on 3 August 1938, for issue to officers and men of the British
and Indian
armies.
The 1936 IGSM was awarded for various minor military campaigns in India, during 1936 to 1939. Each action covered by the medal was represented by a clasp on the ribbon; two were sanctioned. Recipients of a Mention in Despatches were entitled to wear an oak leaf emblem on the ribbon.
The medal was struck at both the London and Calcutta mints. The London issue has a more ornate suspender than the Calcutta version, which has a simple claw mount.
Following the grant of Indian Independence, in 1947, the medal became obsolete.
Medal
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approved on 3 August 1938, for issue to officers and men of the British
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
and Indian
British Indian Army
The British Indian Army, officially simply the Indian Army, was the principal army of the British Raj in India before the partition of India in 1947...
armies.
The 1936 IGSM was awarded for various minor military campaigns in India, during 1936 to 1939. Each action covered by the medal was represented by a clasp on the ribbon; two were sanctioned. Recipients of a Mention in Despatches were entitled to wear an oak leaf emblem on the ribbon.
The medal was struck at both the London and Calcutta mints. The London issue has a more ornate suspender than the Calcutta version, which has a simple claw mount.
Following the grant of Indian Independence, in 1947, the medal became obsolete.