### Clue: They refer to bottom medal, large one (5)
### Answer: OBELI 
 ### Explanation: Definition: They refer to bottom
 OBE(abbrev. for Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, an honour bestowed by the British monarch, which presumably has a medal thrown in as well) + L(abbrev. for "large", as in clothing sizes) +I(Roman numeral for "one").
Answer: Plural of obelus, a variant of which is the dagger sign, †, which is used in text to refer to footnotes at the bottom of the page. By convention, it used for a second footnote, after an asterisk has already been used.