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Distinguished Service Order, George V issue; unnamed. From the medal group awarded to Captain (later Lieutenant Colonel) Leonard Wainwright Lucas, 8th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Commanding Officer. This medal is suspended on a crimson ribbon with a navy blue border and is connected via a bar suspender. Half way down the ribbon is another bar; both bars are decorated with laurel leaves. The obverse of the medal is a silver-gilt bordered four armed cross coated in white enamel. A green laurel wreath circles a red disc in the centre. Within the red disc is a gold Imperial crown. The reverse has a very similar design. A green laurel wreath circles a red disc in the centre. Within the red disc is the crowed royal cypher for King George V. This order was awarded to those who displayed individual acts of meritorious service in war. Those who receive this order can have the post-nominal letters of DSO in recognition. Associated with World War One. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.

World War One (1914-1918)