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Ministry of Defence

Answer

Mr. Dismore: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for which (a) campaigns and (b) wars, medals were issued in each of the last five years; which medals were made of (i) silver and (ii) cupro-nickel; and how many were made in each case. [205002] Mr. Caplin: The following British medals have been instituted for campaign service since the end of the Second World War. It is not possible to determine how many of each medal has been issued, as such information has not been recorded. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Medal Clasp Metal Campaign Service Naval General Service Medal 1915-62 S.E. Asia Silver Minesweeping 1945-51 Palestine 1945-48 Bomb and Mine Clearance 1945-53 Bomb and Mine Clearance 1945-46 Bomb and Mine Clearance Mediterranean Malaya Yangtze 1949 Canal Zone Cyprus Near East Arabian Peninsula Brunei Brunei General Service Medal 1918-62 S.E. Asia 1945-46 Silver Palestine 1945-48 Bomb and Mine Clearance 1945-49 Bomb and Mine Clearance 1945-56 Malaya Canal Zone Cyprus Near East Arabian Peninsula Brunei Africa General Service Medal Kenya Silver General Service Medal 1962 Borneo Silver Radfan South Arabia Malay Peninsula South Vietnam Northern Ireland Dhofar Lebanon Mine Clearance Gulf Kuwait Northern Iraq and Southern Turkey Air Operations Iraq Accumulated Campaign Service Medal Silver Operational Service Medal--Sierra Leone Silver Operational Service Medal--Afghanistan Silver War Service Korea Medal Cupro-nickel South Atlantic Medal Cupro-nickel Gulf Medal Cupro-nickel Iraq Medal Cupro-nickel _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

205002; 429 c76-8W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Medals Military decorations Silver Cupronickel

Link

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