Distinguished Service Cross (Australia)

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Distinguished Service Cross
Awarded by Australia
Type	Medal
Eligibility	Members of the Australian Defence Force
Awarded for	Distinguished command and leadership in action
Status	Currently awarded
Statistics
Established	1991
First awarded	1993
Last awarded	2007
Total awarded	29
Posthumous awards	0
Distinct recipients	29
Precedence
Next (lower)	Distinguished Service Medal

The Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the Australian Defence Force, it is awarded for distinguished command and leadership in action. The DSC was introduced in 1991 and replaced the Imperial equivalent. It is the highest distinguished service decoration in the Australian Honours System. Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross are entitled to use the post-nominal letters "DSC". Since its inception only 29 have been awarded.

[edit] Description

The Distinguished Service Cross is a modified Maltese Cross of nickel-silver ensigned with the Crown of St Edward. The obverse bears a Federation Star surmounted on a disc of flames. The medal has a nickel-silver suspender bar. The medal ribbon has a central ochre-red stripe surrounded by narrower silver-blue stripes.