The Miniature Air Force Cross awarded to all ranks of the RN

Subsequent awards of the Air Force Cross are denoted by a bar attached to the ribbon

The bars which originally had the date of the acts in raised lettering were changed in 1916 to the standard laurelled bars

Awarded for meritorious service it also served as a third level gallantry award for services which did not merit the award of the GM or GC

including civilian medical practitioners

Bust of Charles Darwin FS Mount & Engrave The Miniature Air Force CrossBust of Charles Darwin made in British Gypsum Plaster. As with all Famous Faces there are objects around the base. For this bust we have included the evolution of man, giant tortoise, iguanas, magnifying glass, notebooks and the HMS Beagle The etch around the base reads "ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES" The Origin of Species was a publishing phenominen. Darwin outlined his evolutionary theory which challenged Church and establishment on the origin of life.