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Unknown Medal
Bob,
I'm afraid it has me buggered.
I've found some with about the right number of stripes, but not in those colours (even if you invert the ribbon to read in the opposite order)
The possibility of an "Allied" award seems unlikely to me - the colours of the Victory Medal's ribbon were supposed to be just that - the rainbow in watered and shaded silk, though the medal itself varied by nation (The Empire being, of course, one nation in this regard).
Your thought that it might be one of the many unofficial medals issued by various local and/or patriotic bodies does seem likely - Kirk's comment on the national colours would certainly make sense if that were that case. But it is unusual to wear unofficial ribbons on uniform....
Let me stew on it a bit longer, maybe something will come to me.
X - his Mark
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