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General Service Medal 1918-62

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The General Service Medal 1918-62 was instituted in 1923 as a general service medal to be awarded for minor conflicts for which no other specific campaign medal is awarded. The medal is always issued with a clasp denoting the area or purpose of operations. Subsequent service is recognised by the award of further clasps to be worn on the original medal. The medal is cupro-nickel medal with the obverse having the effigy of the reigning sovereign at time of issue. The reverse bears a figure of Victory with a trident in her left hand and a wreath in her right. Directly below the wreath is a winged sun above a sword, vertically aligned with the tip pointing towards the base of the medal.

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cwa-org-32-53-249

Inscriptions and markings

The ribbon is purple with a central dark green stripe. Members mentioned in despatches for operations recognised by the General Service Medal 1918-62 after 11 August 1920 were approved to wear a bronze oak leaf on the medal ribbon.

Contextual Information

Multiple examples of this medal are retained as an ongoing memorial to the service and sacrifice of Western Australians. Medals are displayed in context throughout the Museum. All medals are identified, archivally stored and those not on display are accessible and viewable with prior notice.

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