Distinguished Service Medal GVI Category_ACSM An officer can be considered

An officer can be considered eligible for the award of the LS&GCM if 12 or more of the 15 years of his or her service have been in the ranks and provided that the other requirements for the award of the medal have been met

Represents qualifying Merchant Navy service during WW1

the War Medal 1939–1945 serves as a timeless tribute to the courage and service of those who endured the world’s greatest conflict

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

Distinguished Service Medal GVI Category_ACSM An officer can be consideredThe 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.