A silver bar ornamented by the Crown may be issued to MC holders performing a further act of such gallantry which would have merited award of the MC

instead each allied country issued its own victory medal using the same ribbon and an effigy of the figure of Victory - except Japan who used a traditional Samurai Warrior

these dates were filled in and consequently the appear as 'ghost dates' on the reverse of some medals

which resembled a large penny

The plaques became treasured family heirlooms and remain one of the most important memorial artefacts associated with the First World War

Police Long Service Miniature Medal EIIR RAF Collection A silver bar ornamented byThe Police Long Service Miniature Medal is granted to those who have completed 22 years of dedicated full time service in UK constabularies, and was later expanded to include Australian, Papua New Guinea, and Nauru police forces in 1956. In 1976, the Australian award was replaced by the National Medal.