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Distinguished Conduct Medal

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noun

British Military.
  1. a decoration awarded for distinguished conduct in operations in the field against an enemy. D.C.M.


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There are only four indigenous Australian men known to have received the Distinguished Conduct Medal, an award considered second only to the Victoria Cross.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2015

He was twice awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal of the British Empire, wears the Croix de Guerre with Palms, of France, the Cross of St. George, of Russia.

From Time Magazine Archive

Cotter was previously recommended for the Distinguished Conduct Medal in December 1915.

From The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' by MacDonagh, Michael

The first man to enter the fort was a Dublin Fusilier, Private T. Cullen, who got the Distinguished Conduct Medal for conspicuous gallantry.

From The Irish at the Front by MacDonagh, Michael

Private Kavanagh afterwards received the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his gallantry on this occasion.

From The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland by Romer, Cecil Francis

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