522 Victory medals were awarded and this gives us an idea of the scale of the war which had just been fought

where temperatures frequently fell below freezing and survival often depended upon exceptional courage

ensuring authentic design

Cambridgeshire

Service details are diamond engraved on the rim of the medal to MoD standard

Air Force Medal GVI Miniature World War 1 522 Victory medals were awardedInstituted in 1918 at the same time as the AFC this was to reward NCO's and men of the RAF for courage or devotion to duty whilst flying but not in operational areas. Just 259 medals were awarded for World War Two. This was replaced by the AFC in 1993.