Distinguished Service Star
{{infobox military award
| name = Distinguished Service Star
| image = The AFP Distinguished Service Star.jpg
| image_size = 150px
| caption = Ribbon bar of the award
| presenter = {{PHL}}
| country = Philippines
| type = Decoration
| eligibility = Officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines
| awarded_for = Exceptional service in a position of responsibility{{cite web |url=http://www.medals.org.uk/philippines/philippines015.htm |title=The Philippines: Distinguished Service Star |author=Megan C. Robertson |work=Medals of the World |access-date=17 May 2011}}
| campaign =
| status = Currently awarded
| description =
| motto = For Merit
| clasps =
| post-nominals =
| established = 1937
| firstawarded = 1937
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| individual =
| higher = Distinguished Conduct Star
| same =
| lower = Gawad Sa Kapayapaan
| related =
| image2 = 120px
| caption2 = Ribbon Bar of the Distinguished Service Star.
}}
The Distinguished Service StarThe AFP Adjutant General, AFP Awards and Decorations Handbook, 1997, OTAG, p. 15-16. is the third highest military award of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.{{cite web|url=http://www.afp.mil.ph/otaghomesite/decorations.html|title=Decorations|author=Office of the Adjutant General, Armed Forces of the Philippines|access-date=17 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080419083827/http://www.afp.mil.ph/otaghomesite/decorations.html|archive-date=19 April 2008}} It is awarded for eminently meritorious and valuable service rendered while holding a position of great responsibility.{{cite web|url=http://psg.mil.ph/about-2/psg-awards-and-decorations/|title=Awards and Decorations|author=Presidential Security Group|access-date=17 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527073054/http://psg.mil.ph/about-2/psg-awards-and-decorations/|archive-date=27 May 2011}}
Description of the award
The medal is worn around the neck, suspended from a ribbon of dark blue, with a red vertical stripe in the center. The medal, as the name would indicate, is in the form of a five pointed star. The star contains a central disc displaying the Coat of arms of the Philippines. Surmounting the seal in an arc is a golden scroll engraved worth "Merit". The star is attached to its ribbon by a wreath of twenty-six dark green leaves and ten white buds. On the reverse of the medal is engraved "For Distinguished Service."{{cite web|url=http://www.paf.mil.ph/Awards%20and%20Decorations/Awards%20and%20Decoration2.html#|title=Awards and Decorations|author=Philippine Air Force|access-date=17 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110403052821/http://www.paf.mil.ph/Awards%20and%20Decorations/Awards%20and%20Decoration2.html|archive-date=3 April 2011}}
References
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=Bibliography=
- The AFP Adjutant General, AFP Awards and Decorations Handbook, 1995, 1997, OTAG.