British Royal Navy 1915 To 1962 King’s Crown George VI Naval General Service Silver Medal (GSM) With ‘1945-1951 Minesweeping’ Clasp Awarded To D/JX 292924 Signaller R.E. Rhodes RN & Ribbon Antique & Militaria

British Royal Navy 1915 To 1962 King’s Crown George VI Naval General Service Silver Medal (GSM) With ‘1945-1951 Minesweeping’ Clasp Awarded To D/JX 292924 Signaller R.E. Rhodes RN & Ribbon. Sn 20565:20 - 20565:20

The Naval General Service Medal (1915 NGSM) was instituted in 1915 to recognise service by the Royal Navy and Royal Marines in minor campaigns that would not otherwise earn a specific campaign medal. The Army/Air Force equivalent was the General Service Medal (1918). Both these medals were replaced by the General Service Medal in 1962. The medal is silver and is 36 millimetres (1.4 in) in diameter. The obverse bears the image of one of three successive Sovereigns, King George V, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II. The reverse, designed by Margaret Winser, shows a mounted figure of Britannia in a chariot pulled by two sea-horses, her left hand resting on a union shield. The name and details of the recipient were impressed on the edge of the medal. The ribbon is crimson-coloured with three white stripes (see page 180 item 173 of The Medal Year Book . It was possible to be awarded the Naval GSM George VI with 7 clasps: -Palestine 1936-1939,S.E. Asia 1945-46,Minesweeping 1945-51,Palestine 1945-48,Bomb & Mine Clearance 1945-53,Malaya and Yangtze. This is an excellent original example of the British Royal Navy 1915 To 1962 King’s Crown George VI Naval General Service Silver Medal (GSM) With ‘1945-1951 Minesweeping’ clasp. The rim of the medal has the recipient’s details ‘D/JX 292924 Sig (Signaller) R.E. Rhodes RN’. The medal has its original ribbon. The price for this excellent medal worthy of further research regarding the recipient includes UK delivery. Sn 20565:20

£275.00