Distinguished Conduct Medal

American  

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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Example Sentences

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

Coming from the man it did, this expression of opinion was interesting, for he was Cooke, the man who had been given a Distinguished Conduct Medal for his work on the Western front.

From Trenching at Gallipoli The personal narrative of a Newfoundlander with the ill-fated Dardanelles expedition by Gallishaw, John

They are given posts of difficulty and danger, and so well do they acquit themselves that the company officers get Military Crosses, and the Distinguished Conduct Medal is liberally distributed among the rank and file.

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