Air Force Medal

Full size medal - Unmounted with 15cm ribbon as required for swing mounting.

Miniature  size medal - Unmounted with 10cm ribbon as required for swing mounting.

The Air Force Medal was instituted in 1918 at the same time as the AFC this was to reward NCO's and men of the RAF & RAAF for courage or devotion to duty whilst flying but not in operational areas. Second awards are denoted by the adding of a bar to the ribbon. Just 259 medals were awarded for World War Two. This was replaced by the AFC in 1993.