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Victoria Cross of Wing Commander Guy Gibson
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, 1990/0609/D
Dark patinated bronze cross pattée with a semi-circular extension on the upper arm bearing a ring which engages with a V below the suspension bar which is decorated with two sprays of laurel leaves joined by a ribbon. Obverse - a crown with crowned lion above and below a sroll bearing the words FOR VALOUR. The cross edged with a double line border. Reverse - The cross edged with a double line border and a double lined central disc bearing an engraved date 22ND MAY 1943. The reverse of the suspension bar engraved ACT. W/Cdr. G.P. GIBSON. No.617 SQUADRON. Ribbon - maroon.
Victoria Cross awarded to Pilot Officer Cyril Joe Barton, 1944
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, 1996/0329/D
Dark patinated bronze cross pattée with a semi-circular extension on the upper arm bearing a ring which engages with a V below the suspension bar which is decorated with two sprays of laurel leaves joined by a ribbon. Obverse - a crown with crowned lion above and below a sroll bearing the words FOR VALOUR. The cross edged with a double line border. Reverse - The cross edged with a double line border and a double lined central disc bearing an engraved date . The reverse of the suspension bar engraved P/O Cyril Joe Barton No.578 Squadron. Reverse of cross engraved 19th June 1944. Ribbon - maroon.