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Distinguished Service Order 1910-36
Distinguished Service Order awarded to Captain Ronald Neil Stuart VC, RNR (1886-1954) and gazetted 23 March 1917. Stuart was serving on the Q-ship ‘Farnborough’ and was awarded the DSO after the sinking of ‘U-83’ off the south west coast of Ireland on 17 February 1917.
The medal is an enamelled white cross edged in gold with a green central wreath containing the Imperial Crown in gold on a red background. On the reverse is the Royal Cypher within a green wreath on a red background. The ribbon has a wide central stripe of red edged with narrower stripes of blue.
The medal is an enamelled white cross edged in gold with a green central wreath containing the Imperial Crown in gold on a red background. On the reverse is the Royal Cypher within a green wreath on a red background. The ribbon has a wide central stripe of red edged with narrower stripes of blue.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED1256 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Gallantry award |
| Display location: | Display - Forgotten Fighters |
| Creator: | Garrard & Co. Ltd |
| Events: | World War I, 1914-1918 |
| Date made: | 1886 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Presented by R.N. and Ian W. Stuart, 1970. |
| Measurements: | Overall: 40 mm |
| Parts: | Distinguished Service Order 1910-36 |
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