Description
- A circular silver medal, 36mm in diameter. The obverse bears the crowned effigy of the reigning monarch.
- The reverse has the inscription 'FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE' in three lines, within a laurel wreath surmounted by an Imperial crown.
- The suspender is plain and straight.
- The ribbon is 1.25 inches wide and consists of three equal stripes: dark blue, white, and dark blue, with a thin dark blue stripe down the centre of the white.
- Bars authorised for subsequent awards. Bars issued during the First World War were dated on the reverse while those awarded during the Second World War are undated.
| Ribbon bars of the Distinguished Service Medal | |||||
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DSM |
DSM and Bar |
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