2-576: The India General Service Medal can refer to any one of five medals, each issued by the British government as campaign medals for military service in India , over the course of around 130 years: With the outbreak of the Second World War and Indian independence in 1947, no further medals in this series were issued. Campaign medal A campaign medal is a military decoration which
4-452: Is awarded to a member of an armed force who serves in a designated military operation or performs duty in a geographical theater . Campaign medals are very similar to service medals but carry a higher status as the award usually involves deployment to a foreign region or service in a combat zone. Campaign medals were first invented to recognize general military service in war, in contrast to meritorious decorations which were only issued on
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