POST WW2 BRITISH ROYAL NAVY GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL BORNEO M974308 R G NEWELL

Offered is an original General Service Medal 1962-2007, with clasp Borneo, to Sailor Newell.

36mm circular silver medal with ornate scrolled ribbon suspension bar with ‘BORNEO’ clasp; the face with the crowned head of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, circumscribed ‘ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA F.D.’ (Elizabeth II by the Grace of God Queen Defender of the Faith); the reverse inscribed centrally ‘FOR CAMPAIGN SERVICE’, a Tudor crown above, all within an oak wreath; attributed on the edge to ‘M.974308 R. G. NEWELL, R.E.M.1. R.N. ’; age-toned; on short lenght of ribbon, with award card box, addressed to The Commodore, RN Barracks Portsmouth.

The Medal was instituted in 1964 and awarded for participation in conflicts between 1962 and 2007 where a separate campaign medal was not issued.

The Borneo clasp was awarded to British, Australian and New Zealand land, sea and air forces who fought Indonesian soldiers, marines and irregular elements in Sabah (North Borneo) and Sarawak in East Malaysia, during Indonesian-Malaysian Confrontation including Operation Claret. Eligibility required 30 days service or, for aircrew, 1 operational sortie between 24 December 1962 and 11 August 1966. This conflict claimed the lives of 114 Commonwealth personnel with 180 wounded. Recipients were subsequently awarded and given permission to wear the Malaysian Pingat Jasa Malaysia.