2nd Award Bar for DFC AFC DFM AFM (plated)A second award bar ornamented by an eagle may be issued to DFC, AFC, DFM & AFM holders performing a further act of such valour which would have merited an award.

severe weather and constant threat from enemy aircraft

The Defence Medal was awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth Armed Forces and civilians who served in non-operational areas subjected to air attack or under threat during the Second World War

This bust was created in association with The Cromwell Museum

Eligible personnel included members of:

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Your replica Memorial Plaque will be engraved with:

This is the version of the medal awarded from 1954 onwards

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her Diamond Jubilee

Military hat

produced under licence to the MoD in the United Kingdom

aviation awards and British gallantry decorations

and the Netherlands