Description
Distinguished Service Order, George V (G.V.R.), silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, housed in Garrard & Co. Ltd. case of issue [minor chipping to inner edges, Very Fine], enamel in excellent condition, no damage, therefore details virtually as made, Extremely Fine.
Footnote: “The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, as well as formerly of other parts of the Commonwealth, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat. Instituted on the 6th September 1886 by Queen Victoria in a Royal Warrant published in The London Gazette on 9 November.” [Wikipedia]