Distinguished Conduct Medal

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British military award military decoration

The Distinguished Conduct Medal was a high-level British military decoration awarded to non-commissioned officers and other ranks for exceptional bravery in the field.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Distinguished Conduct Medal canonical	7

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British military award ⓘ military decoration ⓘ
awardedBy	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (historically) United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
awardedFor	distinguished conduct in the field ⓘ exceptional bravery in the field ⓘ
awardingAuthority	British monarch ⓘ surface form: Sovereign of the United Kingdom
awardingBody	British Crown ⓘ
campaignUse	Crimean War ⓘ World War I ⓘ surface form: First World War Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ surface form: Indian Mutiny Korean War ⓘ Second Boer War ⓘ World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
claspPolicy	clasps awarded for subsequent acts of bravery ⓘ
classification	gallantry decoration ⓘ
conferral	for gallantry in the presence of the enemy ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
discontinuedDate	1993 ⓘ
discontinuedReason	reform of the British honours system ⓘ
domain	military history of the United Kingdom ⓘ
eligibility	enlisted personnel ⓘ non-commissioned officers ⓘ warrant officers ⓘ
firstGazetted	1855 ⓘ
higherAward	The Victoria Cross ⓘ surface form: Victoria Cross
inception	1854 ⓘ
inceptionContext	Crimean War ⓘ
inscriptionLanguage	English ⓘ
lowerAward	Military Medal ⓘ
material	silver ⓘ
militaryBranch	British Army ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ surface form: Royal Air Force (through Army service, historically) Royal Navy ⓘ surface form: Royal Navy (Naval Brigades, historically)
notableFeature	one of the oldest British gallantry awards for other ranks ⓘ
obverseDesign	effigy of the reigning British monarch ⓘ
postNominalLetters	DCM ⓘ
rankRelation	second-highest award for gallantry for other ranks after the Victoria Cross ⓘ
recipientClass	non-commissioned officers ⓘ other ranks ⓘ
relatedDecoration	Conspicuous Gallantry Medal ⓘ Military Cross ⓘ Military Medal ⓘ
replacedBy	Conspicuous Gallantry Cross ⓘ
reverseDesign	inscription referring to distinguished conduct in the field ⓘ
ribbonColor	crimson ⓘ
ribbonPattern	crimson with a central dark blue stripe (later pattern) ⓘ
shape	circular medal ⓘ
status	discontinued ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Distinguished Service Order → lowerAward → Distinguished Conduct Medal ⓘ

Military Medal → higherAward → Distinguished Conduct Medal ⓘ

Conspicuous Gallantry Cross → replaced → Distinguished Conduct Medal ⓘ

Military Medal (United Kingdom) → higherAward → Distinguished Conduct Medal ⓘ

Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom → hasComponent → Distinguished Conduct Medal ⓘ

DCM → standsFor → Distinguished Conduct Medal ⓘ

DCM → associatedWithAward → Distinguished Conduct Medal ⓘ