BRITISH ROYAL AIR FORCE LONG SERVICE & GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL TECHNICIAN MCLOUGHLIN

Offered is an original QE II era Royal Air Force Long Service & Good Conduct Medal to Senior Technician McLoughlin, a not often seen rank. 36mm wide circular cupro-nickel medal on claw and scroll suspension; the face with the laurel-crowned head of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, circumscribed ‘+ ELIZABETH • II • DEI • GRATIA • REGINA • F: D:’ (Elizabeth II by the Grace of God Queen, Defender of the Faith); the reverse with the insignia of the Royal Air Force, being an eagle with outstretched wings, a Tudor crown above, circumscribed ‘FOR LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT’; correct small engraved details to rim 1116200 SNR. TECH. J. R. M. McLOUGHLIN. R.A.F.

The medal was instituted on 1 July 1919 and awarded for 18 years’ exemplary service (reduced to 15 years in 1977). This example dates from after the accession of Queen Elizabeth in 1953 but before the introduction of the portrait of the Queen wearing the St. Edward crown in 1980.