traditional

The medal is awarded to personnel who complete the required qualifying period of service on Operation ALTHEA

Thirty-five years after the previous Somaliland 1920 clasp

industrial emergencies and other dangerous situations where lives were at risk

family historians

Spitfire Skirmish 500pc Jigsaw Puzzle Colour_Navy Blue traditionalIt's 1940 and the Battle of Britain is full steam ahead as the Spitfire and Messerschmitt tussle above the Thames. Flying the Spitfire is the renowned RAF officer Stapme Stapleton, the pilot who famously almost hit Tower Bridge as he pulled away from the skirmish depicted in this scene. Stapme later went on to shoot the single German pilot who escaped from an Allied prisoner of war camp, which was later depicted in the classic 1957 film, One That Got