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{{Use British English|date=May 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox award | name = Distinguished Conduct Medal | image = Distinguished Conduct Medal - Victoria.jpg | image_size = 300px | caption = Queen Victoria version | presenter = [[Queen Victoria|the Monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]] | country = [[File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|x14px]] [[United Kingdom]] | type = Military decoration for bravery | eligibility = Other ranks | awarded_for = Gallantry in the field | campaign = | status = Discontinued in 1993 | description = | motto = | clasps = | post-nominals = DCM | established = 4 December 1854 | firstawarded = 1855 | lastawarded = 1993 | total_awarded = 30,200+<ref name=Abbott82/> | total_awarded_posthumously = | total_recipients = | individual = | precedence_label = Order of Wear | higher = [[Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)|Air Force Cross]] | same = [[Distinguished Conduct Medal (Natal)]] | lower = [[Conspicuous Gallantry Medal]] | related = [[Distinguished Service Order]] | image2 = [[File:Ribbon - Distinguished Conduct Medal.png|x29px]] [[File:Ribbon - Distinguished Conduct Medal & Bar.png|x29px]] | caption2 = Ribbon bar without and with rosette to indicate award of a bar }} The '''Distinguished Conduct Medal''' was a decoration established in 1854 by [[Queen Victoria]] for gallantry in the field by [[Other ranks (UK)|other ranks]] of the [[British Army]]. It is the oldest British award for gallantry and was a second level military decoration, ranking below the [[Victoria Cross]], until it was discontinued in 1993 when it was replaced by the [[Conspicuous Gallantry Cross]]. The medal was also awarded to non-commissioned military personnel of other [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] Dominions and Colonies.<ref name="Lancaster">{{Cite web | url=http://www.kingsownmuseum.com/medalsw.htm | title=The King's Own Royal Regiment Museum, (Lancaster), Distinguished Conduct Medal }}</ref><ref name="Canada">[http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/medals-decorations/orders-decorations/dcm Veterans Affairs Canada β Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM)] (Access date 19 May 2015)</ref><ref name="NewZealand">[http://medals.nzdf.mil.nz/category/i/i18.html New Zealand Defence Force β British Commonwealth Gallantry, Meritorious and Distinguished Service Awards β The Distinguished Conduct Medal] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627135222/http://medals.nzdf.mil.nz/category/i/i18.html |date=27 June 2015 }} (Access date 19 May 2015)</ref>
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