Badge and Ribbon of a Companion of The Distinguished Service Order & DSO

description

Physical description

medal, ribbon, bar and fitted case of issue (See) MODEL OMD 1383 & (See) SECONDARY MODEL OMD 1562

History note

Brigadier Ronald John Frederick Tod CBE DSO ( 1905-1975) educated Harrow. Served with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and then with No 9 Commando in Italy and Greece. DSO & Bar 1944 and CBE 1945. See extensive collection of papers held by the Document Archive.

(a) inscribed on reverse of lower suspender bar (b) inscribed on reverse of bar

(a) 1944 (b) 1944

Object details

Category

Decorations and awards

Creator

Garrard & Co Ltd, London

Production date

1944

Materials

Medal: metal

Case: leatherette

Ribbon: cloth

whole: wood

Catalogue number

OMD 5638

Object associations

Associated people and organisations

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Badge and Ribbon of a Companion of The Distinguished Service Order & DSO

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Badge and Ribbon of a Companion of The Distinguished Service Order & DSO

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