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Children love chucky egg and soliders and these breakfast boards are practical and make a novel and highly personal gift with your choice of message. They are proving a popular and novel gift idea for parents and grandparents offering their own play on words mainly referencing egg and soldiers!

The concert planned to be performed on Sword Beach on 6th June 2019 has been relocated thanks to a successful petition. The concert received fierce protest and opposition from veterans who objected to the location and date of the concert which coincided with the 75th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings, where many relatives of veterans involved in the Normandy Landings are planning to visit to mark the anniversary. 

Thank you to all who signed the petition which resulted in the concert being moved to a more fitting location. 

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At AWARD, we are extremely proud of our cottage industry.  Jenny, our in-house engraver has worked for us for many years and has used her artistic talents to create a hand-drawn image of beautiful poppies which have been engraved on to a vase as a special commemoration piece for the Centenary of the end of World War I. We are privileged to have such a talented team, dedicated to ensuring all engraved and hand-sewn items are sent to our customers, professionally finished to an exceptionally high standard.

It is always lovely to receive positive customer feedback and we were delighted to be able assist a customer with an urgent order for medal mounting in time for his event and was happy to share these images with you.

It was a pleasure to sponsor and support the sixteenth National Service Day event at the National Arboretum this year. The National Service Memorial and National Service Day were the brainchild of Gerald Rose, Chairman of the National Service Foundation, who campaigned tirelessly and was finally rewarded for his endavours in 2003. The then Prime Mninister, Tony Blair, confirmed that the last Sunday in June of each year was to be an official day of remembrance and reminiscence for all conscripts of National Service: National Service Day. It has always been a great pleasure for us at AWARD to work with and support Gerald who has retired from the role of organising it this year. His legacy to acknowledge the vital contribution of those who served National Service is one we can all be grateful for. .  

We always love to see how creative customers are with personalisation on items purchased from AWARD. Our personalised cheese boards have been extremely popular with customers who have been inventive with their own 'cheesy' quotes or have chosen a miilitary badge or emblem to make a distinguished gift. Sharing boards are so popular at the moment especially for outdoor dining on balmy sunny days. 

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We have been receiving some wonderful images from customers who attended the RAF100 flypast last week. Here are some wonderful images from one customer who was in a prime position to capture these incredible images. Thank you for sharing your images and do keep sending them to us from any military event. 

The miniature medal of the Iraq and Syria Operational Service Medal, also known as the Op SHADER Medal, recognises the vital contribution of UK military personnel as part of the coalition fight against Daesh and is now available to order from AWARD and will be issued from 18th July. The medal is fitted with an Iraq & Syria Clasp and is supplied with loose ribbon. The full-size replica medal is not yet available.

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Where were you when the spectacular RAF100 Flypast happened on 10th July to commemorate 100 years of the RAF?

We are already receiving images and videos from customers who witnessed this once-in-a-lifetime occasion. Please send us your videos and images for us to share with our customers.

Is it coming home? Whatever happens this World Cup, our young England squad have already broken records and raised our hopes. Let's get behind them and cheer them on!

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