Separate Distinguished Service Medals exist for the different branches of the military as well as a fifth version of the medal which is a senior award of the United States Department of Defense
and retains virtually 100% of original finish
obverse illustrating a robed woman inside a niche in the Art Deco style
with the black finished leather chinstrap resting upon the protruding visor
average man's size
Prussia, Kingdom. A Medal For Rescue From Danger, Type Iii Archive Separate Distinguished Service Medals exist(Erinnerungsmedaille fr Rettung aus Gefahr III. Form). Instituted 22 September 1833. (1872 1911 issue). Constructed of silver, the obverse bearing a raised leftward facing profile of King Friedrich Wilhelm III, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of FR RETTUNG AUS GEFAHR (FOR RESCUE FROM DANGER), within a circular oak leaf wreath, unmarked, measuring 50. 60 mm in diameter, weighing 54. 6 grams, in near