South Australia Police Service Medal St Edward's Crown. The obverse displays the piping shrike ("gymnorhina tibicen leuconota") emblem of the Government of South Australia, surrounded by the words 'DILIGENT AND ETHICAL SERVICE' and 'SOUTH AUSTRALIA POLICE'. The medal is suspended by a ribbon coloured in vertical blue and white stripes in an inverse colour pattern to the Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal that had previously been issued to Australian Police. This ribbon is shared with the Tasmania Police Medal, Victoria Police Medal, and Western Australia Police Medal. The blank reverse is engraved at its center with the recipient's surname and initials. According to
Air Force Medal the Air Force Cross (AFC), which was awarded to commissioned officers and Warrant Officers, although the latter could also be awarded the AFM. It ranked below the AFC in order of precedence, between the Distinguished Flying Medal and the Queen's Gallantry Medal. Although the new award was announced in the London Gazette on 3 June 1918, the actual Royal Warrants were not published in the London Gazette until 5 December 1919. A bar, worn on the ribbon, could be awarded to recognise a second award of the Air Force Medal. Recipients are entitled to use the post-nominal letters "AFM". The