Distinguished Service Medal GV Collection_Writers & Poets at the same time the

at the same time the qualifying criteria was amended and applied to OR's as well (from 1st October 2016 for OR's)

A silver bar ornamented by an eagle may be issued to DFC holders performing a further act of such valour which would have merited award of the DFC

Bust of King Henry VIII made in British Gypsum Plaster

Instituted on 25th March 1916 for rewarding acts of bravery not sufficient to merit the award of the DCM

Service details are diamond engraved on the rim of the medal to MoD standard

Distinguished Service Medal GV Collection_Writers & Poets at the same time theInstituted on 14th October 1914 for award to Petty Officers and ratings of the Royal Navy, NCO's and other ranks of the Royal Marines and all other personnel holding corresponding ranks in the naval forces. The first world war saw 4100 awards made, bars for this period have the date of award engraved on the reverse.