Wings seem to like to do that…
When I was finally told that mine had arrived at Wing after the best part of two years of faffing about for it I was given the option of having it presented at a Wing event 5 months later in the year, or at the Wing dinner the following March.
“Can you not just stick it in the post please?”
Apparently not.
I guess that would be “too insecure”, despite that fact that it must surely have made its way to Wing via the post - I think the HQAC Medal Courier position was retired in 1876.
In the end it made its way to me being passed from one person, to another person, and then finally to me in about 4 weeks. 