Medal [Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom) presented to F.L. William Raeburn Green]
Production date
1918
1944
Object detail
Accession number
2006.296
Production period
Description
Medal on ribbon with pin clasp for attaching to clothing presented to Flight Lieutenant William Raeburn Green. A spare ribbon for adding to uniform; presentation box for medal. Presentation box features the emblem of Royal Mint. On reverse of medal are the dates 1918 and 1944 as well as the G.R.I emblem. The cross is a cross flory; the horizontal and bottom bars are terminated with bumps, the upper bar with a rose. The front of the medal features aeroplane propellers superimposed on the vertical arms of the cross and wings on the horizontal arms. In the centre is a wreath around the letters RAF surmounted by an Imperial Crown. The reverse features the Royal Cypher in the centre and the year of issue engraved on the lower arm. The ribbon was originally white with purple broad horizontal stripes, but changed in 1919 to the current white with purple broad diagonal stripes.
Marks
RAF Impressed
GRJ / 1918 / 1944 Impressed
GRJ / 1918 / 1944 Impressed
Media/Materials
Collection
Credit Line
1918
1944. Medal [Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom) presented to F.L. William Raeburn Green], 2006.296. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
1944. Medal [Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom) presented to F.L. William Raeburn Green], 2006.296. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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