Originally Posted by
Tankertrashnav
Other bars for the GSM around that time were 'Southern Desert, Iraq' which was exclusively awarded to the RAF and 'Northern Kurdistan'. We are now on our third Afghanistan medal, the first awarded in 1878-80, the next a bar to the India GS in 1919, and the politicians still havent learned how futile it is trying to tame the untameable.
By the way Pontius that's a nice scarce medal, did your grandfather get WW1 medals too?
I didn't mention that my GF got his GSM after the war when they remained in Mesoptamia
. He has the MC, Tibet 1903-04 with Gyantse bar (he was OC the mission I believe on 6 month rotation, a 1914-1915 Star, 1914-1918 medal, Great War medal 1914-1919 with Mention, the GSM, Durbar 1911, LSGC, MSM, Croix de Guerre avec palms.
We don't know the story behind the mention or the MSM. The Croix de Guerre was 'the French also gave me a medal.'