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|name=Commendation for Distinguished Service

|image=[[Image:Commendation for Distinguished Service (Aust) medal.png]]<br><br>[[Image:Commendation for Distinguished Service (Aust) ribbon.png|90px]]

|caption=Insignia and ribbon

|awarded_by=[[Australia]]

|type= Medal

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|established=[[15 January]][[1991]]

|first_award=1993

|last_award=2006

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The '''Commendation for Distinguished Service''' is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the [[Australian Defence Force]], it is awarded awarded for the distinguished performance of duties in warlike operations. The Commendation for Distinguished Service was introduced in 1991 and replaced the Imperial equivalent. It is the third level of distinguished service decoration in the [[Australian Honours System]]. Since its inception only 187 have been awarded.

===Description===

* The insignia of the Commendation for Distinguished Service is a central [[Commonwealth Star|Federation Star]] on a nickel-silver row of flames that taper at each end.
* The insignia is attached to an ochre-red ribbon.

==Reference==