The Naval General Service Medal can refer to one of two medals, each issued by the British government as

campaign medal A campaign medal is a military decoration which is awarded to a member of an armed force who serves in a designated military operation or performs duty in a geographical theater. Campaign medals are very similar to service medals but carry a high ...

s for naval service: * Naval General Service Medal (1847), awarded for a range of naval actions from 1793–1840 * Naval General Service Medal (1915), intended to cover minor actions for which a full campaign medal would not have been issued

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