instead each allied country issued its own victory medal using the same ribbon and an effigy of the figure of Victory - except Japan who used a traditional Samurai Warrior

The General Service Medal with Lebanon Clasp was awarded for 30 days service between 7th February 1983 and 9th March 1984

This was the first medal to be named to the recipient around the rim

service must total 1080 days

Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal EIIR RAF Collection instead each allied country issuedThe Army Long Service and Good Conduct medal was instituted in 1830. Until 1901 the medal's obverse contained an image of a trophy of arms with the Royal Arms in an oval shield in the centre while the reverse side contained the inscription "For Long Service and Good Conduct". On the succession of King Edward VII to the throne in 1901, the effigy of the reigning sovereign was placed on the medal's obverse. In 1930 the title of the medal was changed to