Distinguished Service Medal GVI Miniature WW1 FS Mount & Engrave The number on this replica

The number on this replica was copied from the original badge used to create the production die

The reverse depicts the bow of a vessel within a laurel wreath

Traditionally die struck

The Royal Air Force Long Service Medal (EIIR) was issued in two versions

The Royal Warrant

Distinguished Service Medal GVI Miniature WW1 FS Mount & Engrave The number on this replicaThe 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.