Victory Medal Miniature RAF Collection Awarded for 1 days service

Awarded for 1 days service between 31st October and 22nd December 1956

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

Although the awards have been split fairly evenly across the Military and Civilians it is perhaps today more often awarded to Military Personnel

Awarded for service in operations in the Radfan area of South Arabia during the period 25th April

Victory Medal Miniature RAF Collection Awarded for 1 days serviceA 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