The equivalent award for the other ranks for gallantry at sea in presence of the enemy was the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) which had been instituted in 1914 and

this award was discontinued in 1993 following the review of the honours system and replaced with the Distinguished Service Cross

The bars which originally had the date of the acts in raised lettering were changed in 1916 to the standard laurelled bars

The General Service Medal EIIR Arabian Peninsula

it was awarded in bronze from 1885 to native support personnel such as bearers

UN Central America Miniature Medal Campaign_Gulf Wars The equivalent award for theUN Central America Miniature Medal