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25 Pounds - Elizabeth II Royal Air Force Badge, Gold Proof
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Currency | Pound sterling (decimalized, 1971-date) |
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| Reverse description | The central device depicts the official badge of the Royal Air Force in high relief: a circlet inscribed with the motto PER ARDVA · AD ASTRA enclosing an eagle with wings displayed and inverted, the whole surmounted by the Royal Crown. The commemorative legend THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE arcs around the upper field, while the commemorative dates 1918 - 2018 appear in the lower exergue. The design celebrates the centenary of the founding of the RAF on 1 April 1918. |
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| Mintage | 2018 - Proof - 270 |
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Issued to mark the centenary of the Royal Air Force, founded on 1 April 1918 through the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service — a consolidation bitterly opposed by the Admiralty, which had no desire to surrender control of its air arm. The RAF became the world's first independent air force, a structural decision that would directly influence how nearly every subsequent air power organised its military aviation.