Bliars Crosses? It was in 1993 that the Major administration brought in the reform to the honours system, one part of which was the end of the award of the Distinguished Flying Medal and its naval and military equivalents. Odd that it was a Conservative government which introduced the idea of all ranks equality for orders and decorations. Personally I always thought that the DFM was a very handsome medal (as was the AFM) and had the additional feature of being named with the recipient's details.