A Naval Petty Officer's campaign and long service medal pair: Petty Officer Mechanician G. Robinson, Royal Navy

- GSM 1962-2007. With clasp 'Malay Peninsula' (KX.914532 G. Robinson. P.O.M. (E). R.N.)
- Naval LS&GC Medal. EIIR 2nd issue (KX.914532 G. Robinson. P.O.M. (E). H.M.S. Minerva.)

The recipient, was serving on a different ship at the time of earning his General Service Medal

HMS Minerva (F45) was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy. The ship commissioned in 1966. New Year's Day 1970 Minerva left Chatham for Gibraltar and the Mediterranean to shadow the new Russian helicopter carrier Moskva along with American warships and plane. In 1970 she took part in the Beira Patrol and spent some time in the South Pacific, visiting the Solomon Islands and New Hebrides, Auckland, Dunedin, Sydney and Freemantle. In 1976 she was involved with the third Cod War and the Falklands War in 1982. Charles, Prince of Wales served aboard the ship in the 1970s. Between these major engagements, the frigate patrolled British territorial waters and took part in NATO and British military exercises. Minerva was decommissioned in 1992 and sold for scrap.

The medals mounted in the swing-style and as-worn by the recipient. The white metal mounting retaining its long hinged pin & clasp fittings

Condition: About GVF

Code: 26027