Distinguished Service Medals
Full size medal - Unmounted with 15cm ribbon as required for swing mounting.
Miniature size medal - Unmounted with 10cm ribbon as required for swing mounting.
The Distinguished Service Medal was introduced in 1991 and is awarded for distinguished leadership in warlike operations.
Design
The medal is nickel-silver with a Federation Star on a circle of flames on the obverse. The reverse has a panel for recipient detail over a design of fluted rays of varying lengths.
Ribbon
The ribbon has alternating stripes of silver-blue and ochre-red.
Further Awards
A further award is denoted by a nickel- silver bar with the Federation Star on a horizontal row of flames. When the ribbon is worn alone, the award of a bar is indicated by a ribbon bar emblem in the form of a Federation Star on a nickel-silver disc.