DFM & AFM holders performing a further act of such valour which would have merited an award

The OBE or Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire was instituted in 1917

The red is worn nearest to the centre of the chest

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The Conspicuous Gallantry Cross was instituted in 1993 as part of the restructuring of the honours system and was designed to remove distinction between ranks

Victory Medal Miniature Wholesale DFM & AFM holders performingA replica miniature of The Victory Medal 5,334,522 Victory medals were awarded and this gives us an idea of the scale of the war which had just been fought. This medal was awarded to personnel who had served in an operational theatre of war either on land, in the air or at sea. The medal was instituted to obviate the need for an exchange of medals between the allies, instead each allied country issued its own victory medal using the same ribbon and an