981 DSOs were awarded during World War I

Around 1900 awards of the DCM were made during World War Two with nine recipeints receiving a bar

The bars which originally had the date of the acts in raised lettering were changed in 1916 to the standard laurelled bars

High-quality die-cast medal with ribbon

Following the First World War

Naval General Service Medal 1915-1962 GVI Malaya Category_Gallant & Distinguished Conduct 981 DSOs were awarded duringThe Naval General Service Medal. It was possible to be awarded the Naval GSM George VI with 7 first clasps: Palestine 1936 1939, S. E. Asia 1945 46, Minesweeping 1945 51, Palestine 1945 48, Bomb & Mine Clearance 1945 53,Malaya and Yangtze, Malaya and Yangtze.