A rare D.S.M. awarded to a French recipient.

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., (Maitre Timonier, R. J. P. Sansuc), correctly impressed in the official style, extremely fine

Maitre Timonier- Master Helmsman. Foreign nationals could be awarded most British gallantry awards during World War I. The majority were neither gazetted nor named making this example all the more unusual