where temperatures frequently fell below freezing and survival often depended upon exceptional courage

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

In 1956 it was extended to Australian

service must total 1080 days

The equivalent award for the other ranks for gallantry at sea in presence of the enemy was the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) which had been instituted in 1914 and

Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal EIIR RAF Collection where temperatures frequently fell belowThe 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