Conspicuous Gallantry Medal Flying GVI Campaign_1799-1899 Personnel eligible for the award
Yard notes & kiln story
Description
Personnel eligible for the award are those who are members of units or staffs taking part in
It was renamed in October 1914 and opened to all naval officers below the rank of Lieutenant Commander
3 stars were dated 1882
Royal Army Veterinary Corps Silk Tie
Permission has been granted to wear this medal provided the recipient does not hold one of the other NATO medals for Former Yugoslavia
Conspicuous Gallantry Medal Flying GVI Campaign_1799-1899 Personnel eligible for the awardThe Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (Flying) GVI, founded in 1943 to recognise gallantry at level two for airmen who prior to its institution had no award between the DFM and the VC. 110 awards of this issue were made. The medal itself is exactly identical to the Navy version but is suspended by its own ribbon where the centre broad stripe is sky blue. Although a provision was made for the award of a bar to the CGM (Flying) no such award was ever made