British Empire Medal EIIR - Military Category_General Service Medals Instituted in 1993 as part

Instituted in 1993 as part of the restructuring of the honours system designed to remove distinction between ranks

The equivalent award for the other ranks for acts of gallantry in the air on non active operations was the Air Force Medal (AFM)

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Insitutued in 1854 this medal continued with the same young head of Queen Victoria on the obverse for 41 years

British Empire Medal EIIR - Military Category_General Service Medals Instituted in 1993 as partThe British Empire full size medal was established by King George V in 1922, and formally entitled the Medal of The Order of The British Empire. This is the Queen Elizabeth II version of this award.