General Service Medal EIIR Near EastThe General Service Medal EIIR Near East, awarded for 1 days service between 31st October and 22nd December 1956

The 1977 Silver Jubilee Miniature Medal

Instituted in 1901

The award honours those who served in the Arctic theatre

famed for his bridges and dockyards

Each medal is British made in the same factories that produced the original wartime medals

What is the Air Force Cross GV

Each medal is British made in the same historic factories that manufactured the original wartime medals

The Arctic Star was awarded for operational service north of the Arctic Circle between 3 September 1939 and 8 May 1945

Is the Air Force Cross a gallantry award

The equivalent award for the other ranks for acts of gallantry in the air on non active operations was the Air Force Medal (AFM)

Recognises non-operational flying service

transport operations and other flying duties that carried significant risk