4-555: The Naval General Service Medal can refer to one of two medals, each issued by the British government as campaign medals for naval service: Naval General Service Medal (1847) , awarded for a range of naval actions from 1793–1840 Naval General Service Medal (1915) , intended to cover minor actions for which a full campaign medal would not have been issued See also [ edit ] General Service Medal (1962) , which replaced both
8-466: 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 a small scale for acts of heroism and bravery. The campaign were first issued by the British military with the medal awarded for the defeat of the Invincible Armada , with the 1815 Waterloo Medal being
12-435: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Campaign medal A campaign medal is a military decoration which 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
16-713: The Naval General Service Medal and the Army and RAF equivalent Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Naval General Service Medal . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Naval_General_Service_Medal&oldid=1217440236 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Use British English from August 2015 Short description
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