Distinguished Conduct Medal

noun

, British Military.

1. a decoration awarded for distinguished conduct in operations in the field against an enemy. : D.C.M.

Example Sentences

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

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 Project Gutenberg

Hopkins was offered a company in the Manchester regiment, and the two Corporals were each awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal.

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For this Coleman got the Distinguished Conduct Medal, and had it pinned on his breast by General Munro, the Brigadier.

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They are given posts of difficulty and danger, and so well do they acquit themselves that the company officers get Military Crosses, and the Distinguished Conduct Medal is liberally distributed among the rank and file.

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