The suspender is ornate, consisting of a pair of wings rising up to a straight bar. The ribbon was originally of purple and white horizontal stripes, but since 1919 thirteen diagonal stripes of those colours have been used. The medal was replaced in 1993 by the DFC, which is now available to both officers and other ranks. Again a silver oval medal with the same winged suspender as the DFM, the obverse shows the Sovereign's head, and the reverse has the Greek god Hermes standing on the back of a hawk with a laurel wreath in his right hand. Again, George VI medals onwards are dated '1918', this time at 9 o'clock on the reverse.
Earlier medals are undated.
The ribbon was originally of white and crimson horizontal stripes, which were changed to diagonal in July 1919. The AFM was replaced by the AFC in 1993, which is now available to both officers and other ranks. Click HERE to return to Old Contemptible's Great War Website This page has been visited times.