Distinguished Service Cross

The Distinguished Service Cross (D.S.C.) is a military decoration for courage. Different versions exist for different countries.

  • Distinguished Service Cross (Australia)
  • Distinguished Service Cross (Canada)
  • Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)
  • Distinguished Service Cross (United States)

Famous quotes containing the words service and/or cross:

    “The gods’ service is tolerable, man’s intolerable.”
    —Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)

    “In ancient times—’twas no great loss—
    They hung the thief upon the cross:
    But now, alas!—I say’t with grief—
    They hang the cross upon the thief.”
    —Anonymous. “On a Nomination to the Legion of Honour,” from Aubrey Stewart’s English Epigrams and Epitaphs (1897)