# Battle of Britain medals raise £47k to date for Royal Air Forces Association

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/05/10/battle-britain-medals-raise-47k-royal-air-forces-association/
- Published: 2016-05-10T09:47:33+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**The [Royal Air Forces Association](https://www.rafa.org.uk/) has raised £47,000
to date through its official Battle of Britain medals and coins.**

Last month saw the Royal Air Forces Association (RAFA) visit No. 10 Downing Street
to present a special edition of the Battle of Britain Commemorative Medal to Colonel
Nicholas Perry, Military Assistant to David Cameron, who received it for the Prime
Minister and on behalf of the UK. The event was the final step in the organisation’s
Official Commemorative Programme to mark the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain
in partnership with The London Mint Office, Jervis Entertainment Media and Worcestershire
Medal Service.

The medal was presented to Colonel Perry by David Prowse, Director of Membership
at the RAF Association, and was created in tribute to everyone involved in the Battle
from across 16 countries in total. The participating countries were Australia, Barbados,
Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic and Slovakia), France, Jamaica, 
Newfoundland (now part of Canada), New Zealand, Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), Poland,
Republic of Ireland, South Africa, Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), the UK and the 
USA.

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David Prowse, Director of Membership, RAF Association, & Colonel Nicholas Perry,
Military Assistant to David Cameron

The London Mint Office is offering every household in the UK the opportunity to 
receive a smaller version of the medal for free, with The London Mint Office donating
20 pence for each free medal from its national campaign. 103,000 free medals have
ordered to date, and £47,000 donated to the RAF Association by the end of March.

All the official RAFA medals and coins (paid for and free) triggered donations with
1.5% of net sales donated to the RAF Association. These are: The Battle of Britain
Sovereign, five Battle of Britain Men and Machines Medals, Supermarine Spitfire 
in Gold, The Many and the Few Battle of Britain 75th Anniversary Commemorative, 
and The Hawker Hurricane Medal.

The free Battle of Britain medal can be ordered from [www.ourfinesthour.co.uk](http://www.ourfinesthour.co.uk).

 

Picture credit: 10 Downing Street

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