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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Distinguished Conduct Medal

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

Hynes and Greene were each given a Distinguished Conduct Medal.

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

One of the Dubs looking after him, said to me: "There's a man that would have been recommended for a Distinguished Conduct Medal if he'd answered that officer right."

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

Easton had been Sergeant of the Highlanders stretcher bearers since his predecessor had been killed when recovering wounded, and he himself had won the Distinguished Conduct Medal for a fine piece of work in France.

From With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia 1916—1917 by Anonymous