Bar
A straight silver bar is awarded for a further act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying in active operations against the enemy. The slip-on bar has an eagle in the centre. The year of the award is engraved on the reverse.
Description
A cross flory, 2.125 inches wide, with the horizontal and base bars terminated with bumps, the upper bar with a rose.
Obverse
Aeroplane propellers are superimposed upon the vertical arms of the cross. Within a central winged roundel which is encircled by a wreath of laurels and surmounted by an Imperial Crown, appear the letters RAF. The wings of the roundel fall upon the horizontal arms of the cross.
Reverse
In the central circle the Royal Cypher (GV, GVI, EIIR) appears above the date . The year of issue is engraved on the lower arm.
Mounting
The straight bar has two sprigs of laurel at the bottom which form a slot for a king ring to attach it to the small ring at the top of the medal.
Ribbon
The ribbon is 1.25 inches wide, and consists of alternating violet and white stripes (0.125 wide) leaning to the left at 45 degrees from the vertical. The violet colour is to appear in the bottom left and upper right corners when viewed on the wearer's chest. Until 1919, the stripes were horizontal.
Naming
The DFC is issued unnamed.
Dates
The award was established on 03 June 1918, the birthday of King George V.
Issued
A total of 4,460 have been awarded to Canadians, plus 256 first bars and 6 second bars.
