Above was all about the time of the 1977 Silver Jubilee Medal.By the time it got down to my unit level in RAFG there was one medal left of the allocation. As a Flt Lt. I was given the task of allocating it. The strong hint was given ,by my unit C.O. that it would be in my interests(1369 and all that) to suggest him " as representing the unit" .Yeah Sure,
In the event I overheard said Ft Sgt above stating, in the crew bar,that the the medal was a worthless waste of time and therefore a total embarrassment to any recipient.
Guess who got it !