The General Service Medal with North Iraq and South Turkey Clasp was awarded for 30 days service or 3 operational sorties between 6th April and 17th July 1991

522 Victory medals were awarded and this gives us an idea of the scale of the war which had just been fought

90 days aggregate service or 6 operational sorties between 16th July 1991 and 30th April 2003

The General Service Medal with Gulf Clasp was awarded for 30 days service between 17th November 1986 and 28th February 1989

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Military Medal GV - Field Marshals Bust RAF Long Service The General Service Medal withInstituted on 25th March 1916 for rewarding acts of bravery not sufficient to merit the award of the DCM, it was backdated to recognise acts from the outbreak of the First World War. In June 1916 it was extended to women two such awards being made for the Easter rising in Dublin that same year. Approximately 115,600 medals were awarded during the First World War together with 5796 first bars, 180 second bars and one third bar. Awards were made after