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Description: | Distinguished Service Cross awarded to Lieutenant Commander John Leslie Younghusband for services while in command of HMS ?Wild Swan? during World War II.
The medal is in the form of a plain silver cross pattee, convexed. In the centre of the obverse is the Royal Cypher and on the reverse is inscribed, ?J.L.Younghusband 1940?. It is suspended from a blue ribbon with a central white stripe and is held with its fitted box of issue. The medal is mounted on a bar with seven others: 1914-15 Star (MED1229), British War Medal 1914-18 (MED1230), Victory Medal 1914-18 (MED1231), War Medal 1939-45 (MED1232), Atlantic Star (MED1233), Defence Medal (MED1234) and War Medal 1939-45 (MED1235).
Inscription. AQN: Younghusband, J L, Mrs (previous owner)
caption: Distinguished Service Cross 1936-47, obverse
caption: Medals awarded to Cdr J. L. Younghusband DSC (obverse, l to r, MED1228-1235)
caption: Distinguished Service Cross 1936-47, reverse
caption: Medals awarded to Cdr J. L. Younghusband DSC (reverse, r to l, MED1228-1235) | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | gallantry medals Younghusband Distinguished Service Cross John Leslie | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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