India General Service Medal (1936)

Infobox Military Award
name= India General Service Medal


caption= Obverse (top left) and reverse (top right) of the medal. Ribbon: 32mm, grey flanked by narrow red stripes, with broad green stripes at the edges.
awarded_by= United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
type= Campaign medal
eligibility= British and Indian forces.
for= Campaign service.
campaign= India 1936-39.
status=
description= Silver disk, 36mm diameter.
clasps=

North West Frontier 1936-37

North West Frontier 1937-39

established= 1938
total=


caption2=

__NOTOC__The Indian General Service Medal (1936 IGSM) was a campaign medal approved on 3rd August 1938 [British Battles and Medals, p244] , 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 [Medals Yearbook 2003, p168] . Recipients of a Mention in Despatches were entitled to wear an oak leaf embelem 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.

Clasps

*North West Frontier 1936-37
*North West Frontier 1937-39

Notes

Bibliography

* Mackay, J and Mussel, J (eds) - "Medals Yearbook - 2006", (2005), Token Publishing.
* Joslin, Litherland, and Simpkin (eds), "British Battles and Medals", (1988), Spink