Medals
There is something not quite right about your NOK or most loved receiving a medal for your life. It is a recognition but the Queen, while being the Commander in Chief, doesn't send you in the first place. A handwritten heartfelt letter from the Prime Minister might be somewhat better - I believe Baroness Thatcher did exactly that in the Falklands War - GB has not as much as I know. But, each to their own I suppose and there will never be total agreement on this one. What will be key is how the recipients receive it. I have 4 medals and not one of them was presented to me officialy. I collected them all from admin the last one only last year so lets hope this is done better!