MINIATURE GEORGE MEDAL GVI
MINIATURE GEORGE MEDAL GEORGE VI (GM)
INSTIUTUTED IN 1940 AT THE SAME TIME AS THE GEORGE CROSS, THE GEORGE MEDAL WAS AWARDED FOR ACTS OF GALLANTRY THAT WERE NOT DEEMED TO MERIT THE AWARD OF THE GEORGE CROSS, ALTHOUGH PRIMARILY INTENDED FOR CIVILIANS IT HAS BEEN AWARDED IN VIRTUALLY EQUAL NUMBERS TO SERVICE PERSONNEL.
AWARDED FOR ACTS OF GREAT BRAVERY.