In 1970 the qualification for the award was expanded to include most of the British who served in the Dunkirk sector and their rescue forces

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It was instituted on 6 September 1886 by Queen Victoria in a Royal Warrant published in the London Gazette on 9 November

Swords cross through the angles of the star and where they meet they are surmounted with a scroll bearing the date 1914 above which is a smaller scroll bearing the date Aug and a similar scroll below bearing Nov with a plain reverse

The 'DFC' is issued unnamed however WW2 issues were engraved with the year of issue on the lower limb of the cross

USA Europe Africa Middle East Campaign Medal Emergency Services Long Service In 1970 the qualification forAwarded for service between 7th December 1941 and 2nd March 1946