General Service Medal (1918)

General Service Medal (1918)
Obverse (top left) and reverse (top right) of the medal. Ribbon: 32 mm, purple with a central green stripe.
Awarded by United Kingdom
Type	Campaign medal
Eligibility	British army and Royal Air Force.
Awarded for	Campaign service.
Campaign(s)	Minor campaigns 1918–62.
Description	Silver disk, 36 mm diameter.
Clasps	17
Statistics
Established	19 January 1923
Related	Naval General Service Medal (1915), General Service Medal (1962)
Ribbon Ribbon with bronze oak leaf for Mentioned in Dispatches (1920 onwards)

The General Service Medal (1918 GSM) was instituted to recognise service in minor Army and Air Force operations for which no separate medal was intended. It was equivalent to the 1915 Naval General Service Medal. Both these medals were replaced by the General Service Medal in 1962.

Seventeen clasps were approved for the 1918 GSM. These clasps consist of small metal bars into which the name of the relevant campaign or theatre of operations was moulded. The clasps were then attached to the medal's suspension bar. The 1918 GSM was never awarded without a clasp.

King George V coinage head (1918–1930)

King George VI INDIAE IMP(1937–1949)

Queen Elizabeth II BR:OMN (1952–1954)

Queen Elizabeth II DEI GRATIA (1955–1962)