George Medal Miniature Category_Miniature Orders and Decorations Personnel of the Federal Forces

Personnel of the Federal Forces of South Arabia under the same conditions as the Army

This clasp was to distinguish between front line soldiers and those who worked in the rearward areas

The Waterloo Medal was the first medal to be named to the recipient around the rim

between 7th February

George Medal Miniature Category_Miniature Orders and Decorations Personnel of the Federal ForcesInstituted in 1940 for rewarding acts of outstanding gallantry deemed not suitable for the award of the George Cross. To date approximately 2000 medals have been awarded and 27 second award bars. Although the awards have been split fairly evenly across the Military and Civilians it is perhaps today more often awarded to Military Personnel, particularly Bomb Disposal, EOD work as well as intelligence work by special forces. The last award of a bar was