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medal, decoration

human history
  • Other Name

    Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) (descriptive name)

    Sir Keith Rodney Park (medal awarded to)

  • Description

    Distinguished Flying Cross awarded to Flight Lieutenant Sir Keith Park, RAF, 1918

    silver cross medal; 54mm wide; with ribbon

    obverse: silver cross flory terminating in rose, surmounted by second cross in form of propeller blades (vertical) and wings (horizontal), charged at centre with roundel within laurel wreath; crowned RAF monogram at centre

    reverse: royal cypher above date 1918

    suspension bar decorated with a sprig of laurel

    ribbon: 30mm wide; diagonal stripes of alternating purple and white

  • Place
  • Associated Place
  • Accession Number
    1975.40.6
  • Accession Date
    1975
  • Other Id

    TD:028 (Taprell Dorling)

  • Department

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