Merchant Navy

It is typically awarded to officers ranked Major (or its equivalent) or higher

His exact cause of death remains a mystery

Around the edge appears the inscription:

The criteria̴ for all is 15 years of good conduct from the date of any offence which would previously precluded̴ the award of the LSGC

Distinguished Service Medal GVI Miniature FS Mount & Engrave Merchant NavyThe 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.