The ISC established the Distinguished Service Award in the fall of 1959, also known as the DeMolay of the Year Award. The purpose of the award is to recognize one DeMolay in each jurisdiction for outstanding service, to others, in his home, school, church, Chapter, community and country.

The jewel is suspended from a blue grosgrain ribbon 1-3/8″ wide. It consists of a circular medallion l- 3/ 16″ wide in diameter which is in bright Florentine gold and in bas relief. The right side of the jewel shows a profile of a young man’s head looking toward the left side of the jewel. The left side shows a portion of a DeMolay altar with school books above which is a rayed flat-type DeMolay emblem in yellow gold. The reverse side of the jewel reads “Balfour Jurisdictional Award for Distinguished DeMolay Service.”