General Service Medal 1962-2007. With clasp 'Malay Peninsula' (21151522 Spr. Jiwantabahadur Rana Gurkha Engineers)

The recipients forename only with official corrections - and exactly as issued to the recipient

Gurkha Engineers: Between 1948 and 1950, two Royal Engineers training squadrons were raised in Malaya (now Malaysia) from Gurkha infantrymen. After moving to Hong Kong, they formed part of 50 Field Engineer Regiment in 1951.
This new Royal Engineers regiment was sent to support operations during the Malayan Emergency (1948-60). It was based at Sungei Besi near Kuala Lumpur from 1955 to 1961. During the 1960s, Gurkha squadrons of the regiment also served in Singapore (qualifying for the GSM 1962 with clasp Peninsula clasp) and Borneo (qualifying for the GSM 1962 with clasp 'Borneo') during the Indonesian Confrontation (1963-66)

In 1955, 50 Field Engineer Regiment was renamed the Gurkha Engineers and given its own cap badge and insignia. It also became part of the Brigade of Gurkhas. in 1977 - the year of Queen Elizabeth II’s Silver Jubilee - it was redesignated as the Queen’s Gurkha Engineers

Scarce seen on the market to the Gurkha Engineers

Condition: About EF

Code: 24236