Defense Superior Service Anodized Medal SBBA~Double~11288DBR "The performance must have involved

"The performance must have involved personal hazard or danger and the voluntary risk of life" and is not solely awarded on the basis of having saved a persons life

While the award was created by an act of Congress on July 2nd

Air Medal - Anodized

while maintaining proportion

Defense Superior Service Anodized Medal SBBA~Double~11288DBR "The performance must have involvedDefense Superior Service Anodized Medal Criteria: The Defense Superior Service Medal (DSSM) is the second highest award bestowed by the Department of Defense. Awarded in the name of the Secretary of Defense, the award is presented to members of the U. S. Armed Forces who perform "superior meritorious service in a position of significant responsibility." Created on February 6th, 1976 by President Gerald R. Ford's Executive Order 11904, it is typically