Distinguished Service Medal GVI Category_ACSM The reverse depicts Britannia standing

The reverse depicts Britannia standing beside a lion

Represents qualifying Merchant Navy service during WW1

this is struck and then enamelled in vitreous enamels in the manner of the original badge

The George Cross (GC) is second in the order of wear in the United Kingdom honours system

Northern Iraq and Southern Turkey 6th April 1991 - 17th July 1991

Distinguished Service Medal GVI Category_ACSM The reverse depicts Britannia standingThe DSM was expanded during World War Two to include the Merchant Navy and Army, the WRNS and RAF personnel serving aboard ships. Second award bars issued during the war do not carry the date of award on the reverse unlike those of World War One. As in the First World War the majority of awards issued to foreign nationals were issued un named.