Miniature specimen clasp 'KASHMIR' for Australian Service Medal 1945 - 1975

Places	Asia: India Asia: Kashmir Asia: Pakistan Oceania: Australia
Accession Number	REL31530.002
Collection type	Heraldry
Object type	Medal
Physical description	Copper, White metal
Maker	Royal Australian Mint
Place made	Australia
Date made	c 1995
Conflict	Period 1950-1959 Period 1970-1979 Period 1960-1969 Period 1940-1949

Description

Miniature specimen clasp 'KASHMIR' for the Australian Service Medal 1945 - 1975.

History / Summary

The Australian Service Medal (1945 - 1975) was established in 1995 to recognise service by Australian forces in peacekeeping and/or non-warlike operations not already being recognised by the award of an individual campaign medal. Operations considered for inclusion must have taken place between 3 September 1945 and 16 September 1975. The ASM cannot be issued without a clasp. The clasp 'Kashmir' was approved for personnel serving between 13 August 1948 and 13 August 1975 with UNMOGIP (United Nations Military Observers Group India / Pakistan) or UNIPOM (United Nations India-Pakistan Observation Mission), supervising the ceasefire on the Indian-Pakistani border between Jammu and Kashmir.