He was awarded the DFC for his part in detecting the attack on Ceylon and for alerting the Allies during that 1942 flight
with very minor enamel loss
Footnote: Although the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies was dissolved and annexed to the new Kingdom of Italy in 1861
the medal manufactured in Austria
United Kingdom, New Zealand, South Africa. A Lot Of Sixty-Four Regimental Insignia certificate_of_authenticity He was awarded the DFCIncludes: sixty United Kingdom items: twenty one Regimental Cap or Collar Badges (in bronze, white metal or brown plastic, in a variety of sizes, eleven with both lugs intact, seven with intact sliders, one with both prongs intact, one with one of two prongs intact, the remaining badge encased in a circular lucite disk); ten QEII Infantry Training Battalion Cap Badges (in silvered metal, measuring 41. 7 mm (w) x 38. 5 mm (g) each, maker marked "J. R.