United Kingdom. A Distinguished Service Order Buy Now from 1937 to 1940

from 1937 to 1940

machine embroidered in silvery threads on a black rayon backing

as seen on her 1951 travel document which she needed to visit her mother in another zone

with contact overall

United Kingdom. A Distinguished Service Order Buy Now from 1937 to 1940Instituted September 6, 1886. 1911 1938 Issue. In silver gilt, a white enamelled cross, the obverse presenting a silver gilt crown on a red enamelled field surrounded by a green enamel laurel wreath, the reverse medallion features a crowned GVR cypher on a red enamelled field surrounded by a green enamel laurel wreath, worn on a silver suspension bar, measures 41. 15mm (w) x 45. 5mm (h), weighs 33. 7 grams, a lovely decoration in extremely fine