Peter Duckers has been a collector of British campaign and gallanary medals for many years and now specialises in awards ito the Indian Army. He is a Fellow of the royal Asiatic Society, a Fellow of the Royal Numismatic Society, a member of the Orders and Medals Research Society, the Military Historical Society and the Indian Military Historical Society. He is the curator of the Shropshire Regimental Museum at the Castle, Shrewsbury.

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• Collecting campaign medals Basic terms The Africa General Service Medal 1902-56 The India General Service Medal 1908-35 Awards for the First World War 1914-18 General Service awards Awards for the Second World War 1939-45 Medals for the Korean War 1951-3 The General Service Medal 1962 The Rhodesia Medal 1979-80 The South Atlantic medal 1982 The Gulf Medal 1990-1 The Accumulated Campaign Service Medal, 1994 to date The Operational Service Medal 1999 to date The Iraq Medal 2003 UN and NATO awards Mentions in dispatches Medal designers following up

Peter Duckers has been a collector of British campaign and gallanary medals for many years and now specialises in awards ito the Indian Army. He is a Fellow of the royal Asiatic Society, a Fellow of the Royal Numismatic Society, a member of the Orders and Medals Research Society, the Military Historical Society and the Indian Military Historical Society. He is the curator of the Shropshire Regimental Museum at the Castle, Shrewsbury.

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• Collecting campaign medals Basic terms The Africa General Service Medal 1902-56 The India General Service Medal 1908-35 Awards for the First World War 1914-18 General Service awards Awards for the Second World War 1939-45 Medals for the Korean War 1951-3 The General Service Medal 1962 The Rhodesia Medal 1979-80 The South Atlantic medal 1982 The Gulf Medal 1990-1 The Accumulated Campaign Service Medal, 1994 to date The Operational Service Medal 1999 to date The Iraq Medal 2003 UN and NATO awards Mentions in dispatches Medal designers following up