IDENTIFIERS
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id:	141290
accession number:	CM.1196-2009

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 15 January 2024

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: With the creation of the Royal Air Force in 1918, Army and Navy medals were no longer appropriate awards for acts of gallantry in the air, and new awards were created. The Distinguished Flying Cross was instituted in 1918 for officers, and the Distinguished Flying Medal for NCOs and men. It is still on current issue.
Precise dating of this example is difficult, beyond the fact that it is an issue of George V's reign and was in the Watson Collection by 1928. The recipient was Sergeant Mechanic M. Jones of the RAF, and the lack of unit makes it likely that it was an early award. It was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.
title:	Distinguished Flying Medal

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Gift of L. Hoyt Watson; ex Lester Watson Collection, bt before 1928


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Coins and Medals
collection:	Lester Watson Collection
creditline: Given by Lester Watson through Cambridge in America, 2009

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141290





TECHNIQUES
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struck

CATEGORIES
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category: medal

DATING
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creation date:	1918 - 1928
creation date earliest:	1918
creation date latest:	1928

CREATORS
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maker: London
maker: George V (1910-36)
maker: United Kingdom
maker: GEORGIUS V BRITT: OMN: REX ET IND IMP:

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Diameter
units: mm
value: 35

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 41.29



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	Imagery of War
CITATIONS
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Medal Yearbook 2001
British and other Campaign and Gallantry Medals From the Collection of Lester Watson (d. 1959)
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