General Service Medal 1962
Date1962
Object number00050462
NameMedal
MediumNickel, fabric
DimensionsOverall: 116 x 35 mm
ClassificationsCoins and medals
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionGeneral Service Medal 1962 to R J Webb of the Royal Australian Navy. Webb served in HMAS VAMPIRE.
The GSM 1962 ribbon is purple with two outer stripes of dark green with a clasp reading: 'Malay Peninsula'.
The General Service Medal 1962 (GSM 62) was instituted in 1964 to supersede both the Naval General Service Medal 1915 and the General Service Medal 1918 (Army and RAF). As with the general service medals it replaced, it is issued with clasps which define the service for which the award is made.
History
