Set Of 3 "Pip Squeak & Wilfred" Court Mounted Full Size Medals

Pip, Squeak and Wilfred - the nicknames of the four medals instituted at the end of the First World War, came about due to the popularity of the characters of a Daily Mirror newspaper strip, thought up by Bertram J Lamb, which first appeared in 1919. “Pip” a dog, “Squeak” a penguin and “Wilfred” a rabbit were inseparable. “Pip” was used to describe the 1914 and 1914-1915 Star, holders of one were not eligible for the other, “Squeak” was the name given to the British War Medal and to complete the trio the Victory Medal became “Wilfred”.

This trio of medals, including either the 1914 star or the 1914-15 star we often awarded together to veterans of the Great war. When worn together the medals have a set order of the star first (either the 1914 or 1914-15 star, recipients of one star would not be eligible for the other), the British War medal followed by the Victory medal, sometimes referred to as the Allied Victory Medal.

Please remember that, as with all our medals, Pip, Squeak & Wilfred replicas are museum quality, die struck in an MoD licensed facility in Birmingham using many of the same methods used to produce the originals. The full-size medals can be engraved with the recipient's service number, rank, name & initials and regiment.

These medals will be court mounted together in the correct order and length following MoD standards. Court mounting is when the medals will have a rigid backing holding them firmly in place.