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Originally Posted by DaveinGermany
Well the flags are GB, France, Holland, Belgium in that order clockwise & as to the legend "Presented by the hope soldiers comforts committee" I would assume Red Shield/Toc H/Sallybash or some such similar institution which tended to the troops well being with tea/sarnies/papers/religious support or the likes & the award would've been given to one of their members for his/her ministering.
The rear looks to be hallmarked so I would assume they had grades of award for their "Soldiers of hope" dependent on their dedication. I don't know, just a random guess on my part, but as the others have said your man Retlaw is the fella who's likely to know if anyone, just see what he comes up with.
Speak of the devil, I see he's at this moment looking on  |
I think that the flag in the bottom right corner is the Russian flag, after the reversed saltire if I can describe it as such, before the USSR was formed and now back as the current Russian flag.