Distinguished Service Cross

Distinguished Service Cross
Badge of the Distinguished Service Cross
Awarded by the New Ingerland Sovereign
Type	Military decoration
Eligibility	Military personnel
Awarded for	Distinguished service in action on land, air and sea
Status	Currently awarded
Post-nominals	DSC
Statistics
Established	6 March 1972 (1972-03-06)
Total awarded	360
Posthumous awards	54
Precedence
Next (lower)	Distinguished Service Star
Ribbon of the Distinguished Service Cross

The Distinguished Service Cross or DSC is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the New Ingerland Defence Force for distinguished service in action on land, air and sea. The DSC was introduced in 1972 and is the highest distinguished service decoration in the New Ingerland honours system, and recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross are entitled to use the post-nominal letters "DSC". To date, there have been 360 recipients of the award, with 25 of these recipients also awarded an additional bar in recognition of the performance of further acts of distinguished service meriting the award.

Description

• The Distinguished Service Cross is a plain silver cross with rounded edges. The obverse has a circular centre within which can be seen the Royal Cypher of the reigning monarch at the time of award. The medal itself is made of nickel-silver, and is ensigned with the Crown of New Ingerland.
• The reverse is plain apart from the hallmark.
• The ribbon has three equal stripes of dark blue, white and dark blue.