Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal EIIR RAF Collection The equivalent award for the

The equivalent award for the other ranks for acts of valour in the air on operations against the enemy was the Distinguished Flying Medal (DFM)

but the honour has sometimes been awarded to especially valorous junior officers

the award has been available across all ranks of the Royal Air Force

The George Cross (GC) is second in the order of wear in the United Kingdom honours system

but the four reverses indicate for which service the medal was issued

Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal EIIR RAF Collection The equivalent award for theThe Army Long Service and Good Conduct medal was instituted in 1830. Until 1901 the medal's obverse contained an image of a trophy of arms with the Royal Arms in an oval shield in the centre while the reverse side contained the inscription "For Long Service and Good Conduct". On the succession of King Edward VII to the throne in 1901, the effigy of the reigning sovereign was placed on the medal's obverse. In 1930 the title of the medal was changed to