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Been doing a bit more delving. Would the medal with the 3 clasps be a GSM rather than a CSM? Found the following ont` t`internet.

Malaya
From 1948, the Malayan People's Anti-British Army sought to force the British from Malaya and to introduce a communist government. It toke a total of 12 years to finally defeat the communist guerrilla forces. It was the novel tactics introduced by the British Director of Operations, Lieutenant-General Sir Harold Briggs followed by General Sir Gerald Templer, which was mainly responsible for defeating the insurgents. Also the British troops, a vast majority of whom were national servicemen, were prepared to take the insurgents on at their own game by spending long periods of time in the jungle.

The qualifying dates for service were between 16 June 1948 and 31 July 1960. For the Colony of Singapore, the date period was between 16 June 1948 to 31 January 1959.

Near East
This clasp was awarded for service in the Middle east in the period 31 October to 22 December 1956. This is the conflict often referred to as the Suez Crisis, or by its codename of Operation Musketeer.

British casualties in Operation Musketeer were 22 killed and 97 wounded.

The service entitlement for this clasp should not be confused with service during the Suez Canal Emergency 1951-54, for which a clasp was belated awarded some 50 years after the actual event.

Arabian Peninsula
Due to a disagreement about land and associated oil rights, the Iman of Oman rebelled against the Sultan of Muscat. After initial setbacks, in 1955 the Sultan called for assistance from UK forces. It was not until British special forces were deployed that the rebels were dislodged from their territory in the Jebel Akhbar mountains.
The qualifying period for this clasp is 30 days' service between 1 January 1957 and 30 June 1960, in the Aden Colony or protectorate and the Sultanates of Muscat and Oman, or any of the adjacent Gulf states.

The GSM shown is definately KC, very probably George VI meaning it was issued prior to 1952 so the Malaya clasp must have been issued for service between 1948 and 1952. The other two clasps post date this and would only have been issued with a QC GSM.

My military histories run out at the end of WWII but from the very condensed Leo Cooper publications it looks like the East & West Yorks are hot contenders for being tin these theatres of war to gain the clasps but the Y&L looks to be doubtful.

Hope this helps, Dave