![]() Children’s Annuals were produced and it is easy to imagine when an ex-soldier was asked about his trio of medals he replied “they are Pip, Squeak and Wilfred.” The trio entertained well into the 1930s and the last Annual was produced in 1951. Having said that, it’s also fine and easier to shape them into smaller patties. To serve, use a large spoon to scoop portions. Once the bottom is golden brown, place a large plate upside down on top of the skillet and flip the patty onto it. Pip was portrayed as a dog, Squeak a penguin, and Wilfred a rabbit with very long ears. Spread the vegetable mixture onto a large skillet. The freshly decorated service folk some injured, some unemployed, all worn by the years of war aligned their three medals to the newly-arrived cartoon characters. ![]() Life was slowly returning to normal and in Britain in 1921 in a Saturday supplement of the Daily Mirror a trio of cartoon characters were launched. A 6-page unit for Pip and Squeak by Ian Schoenherr is a part of a collection of 50 units in Stepstone Stories. Thus servicemen and women who had had time to reflect on the years of war developed a cynicism, which was partly pride toward the three medals. Many hundreds of thousands were produced and distributed throughout the British Empire. ![]() If the serving soldier had died in conflict, the medals were sent to next-of-kin. ![]() ![]() Awarded to Major Clyde McGilp, NZ Field Artillery NZEF (2/280) © Auckland Museum CC-BY In World War I it was the soldiers slang name for a small German shell 'which makes both a pip and a squeak when it comes over the trenches' Farrow, 'Dictionary of Military Terms,' 1918. The Victory medal: a standard-issue rainbow- coloured medal that was given to all soldiers and the next-of-kin of those soldiers who had died in service. (n.) also pip-squeak, contemptuous name for an insignificant person, 1910, from the trivial noise a young or weak creature makes. ![]()
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