If BV's Wikipedia report #50 is to be believes and the first presentation will be in 2016 then the year for the start of reckonable service must be 2001, so the qualification pre dates the 2013 exclusion. My FiL received his Canal Zone GSM and his Bomber Command clasp the year before he passed on. He said "Blimey, they cut that a bit fine". It was only 60 years after the event. This LSGC medal has lots of legs yet.