The rim of the medal is slightly convex - this also indicates that it is a cast medal & not a die-struck medal

The DSM was expanded during World War Two to include the Merchant Navy and Army

General Service Medal clasp for̴Ì_Bomb & Mine Clearance 1945-56

The Air Force Medal was awarded for courage

Since the 1993 review the MC is now available to other ranks after the discontinuation of the MM

Khartoum Clasp (Khedive's Sudan 1896) Campaign_World War II The rim of the medalThe Khartoum Clasp (Khedive's Sudan 1896) Awarded for service at the Battle of Omdurman, where the 21st Lancers famously charged, 3 of their number winning the Victoria Cross: Private Thomas Byrne, Lt Raymond de Montmorency, and Capt Paul Aloysius Kenna. Capt Nevill Smyth,_2nd Dragoon Guards also won the VC