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British manufactured

The Air Force Cross is awarded for gallantry in the air during non-operational flying duties

Is this an original Death Penny

Awarded between 1930 and 1937 this is the rarest of the series of the Military Medal types

Queens South Africa Medal Miniature Category_Gallant & Distinguished Conduct test flyingAwarded for the second Anglo Boer war of 1899 1902, the first versions of this medal had the dates 1899 1900 raised on the reverse. Once it was realised the war was to continue, these dates were filled in and consequently the appear as 'ghost dates' on the reverse of some medals. A later die was then made with the dates removed completely but Britannia's hand on the reverse was pointed to the F in Africa rather than the R on earlier versions. 26