medal query

[sscrooge]

picked these up last night , i havent seen one of these 5 year distinguished service medals before can anybody tell me anything about it,its dated 54 and named to the same soldier as on a couple of medals, cheers Dave

[sscrooge]

D.v.r garside a.s.c t-421794

[Mike Swan]

Is there a chance it's Masonic or some other lodge medal?

Mike

[peter monahan]

It seems to indicate that Driver V. R Garside of the Army service Corps, serial number T-421794 earned a set of WWI medals for 5 years service during [and probably after] the war.

It is most likely an unofficial or semi-offical medal issued by the British legion or a similar ex-servicemen's group. It pretty sure it isn't an offical veteran's badge issued by the British government - they are quite a different design and badges, not medals,

[sscrooge]

thanks guys for the help rgds Dave

[DaveS]

Association of Conservative Clubs

is what the service medal is.