The General Service Medal with Air Operations Iraq Clasp was awarded for 60 days continuous

and the Desert Regiment (sand)

Initially 5 clasps have been approved

000 stars were awarded but it is not known how many of these were awarded with a bar

700 medals were awarded

Conspicuous Gallantry Medal Flying EIIR Foreign Medals The General Service Medal withThe Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (Flying) EIIR._Possibly the rarest medal awarded during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, being awarded on only one occasion to Staff Sergeant J D Coughlan RAAF for his great gallantry while operating as a helicopter winch man during the Vietnam War in 1968. In 1993 the medal was replaced by the CGC in the honours review.