Description
- The medal is a silver cross 60 mm high and 54 mm wide, representing aircraft propeller blades, with wings between the arms. The obverse depicts Hermes riding on the wings of a hawk holding a laurel wreath. At the top of the upper arm is the royal crown, while the other three arms bear the royal cypher of the reigning monarch at the time of issue.
- The suspender is straight and decorated with laurel wreaths.
- The ribbon was originally white with red broad horizontal stripes, but changed in 1919 to the current white with red broad diagonal stripes at a 45-degree angle.
| Air Force Cross ribbon bars | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| AFC | AFC and Bar | ||
| 1918–1919 | |||
| since 1919 | |||
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