Distinguished Conduct Medal GVIAround 1900 awards of the DCM were made during World War Two with nine recipeints receiving a bar. As with the First World War, awards were made to foreign nationals and in the main these were issued un named, all awards to UK troops were awarded with impressed naming although some awards made for the Far East were engraved locally.

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Sailing through Arctic waters exposed crews to:

issued to Australian personnel for 180 days aggregate service between 3rd September 1945 and 10th November 1956 in the following:

The campaign became one of the most challenging and dangerous theatres of the war

When the ribbon alone is worn (see below) a further replica in miniature is added

and formally entitled the Medal of The Order of The British Empire

recipients must first have earned the 1939–1945 Star

The medal was very cheap (typically £10-£20) and normally found on Ebay

where a recipient has more than one medal they should be mounted in the gents stye

Awarded to members of the Kuwait Liaison Team in Kuwait on 2nd August 1990

Until 1901 the medal's obverse contained an image of a trophy of arms with the Royal Arms in an oval shield in the centre while the reverse side contained the inscription "For Long Service and Good Conduct"

Qualifying time for the medal is three months of service in the Mission