Last week Pete Smith posed two questions for our readership about certain World War I service medals. -Editor

"Regarding the question on First World War British medals, they were commonly called Pip, Squeak and Wilfred after a popular comic strip trio of the time.

"I don't recall seeing any silver and red ribbons on First World War British medals nor can I find a reference to them being issued in those colors. My guess would be it was substituted by the recipient after being issued."

Pete agrees, and provided this image of Squeak, Wilfred, and Pip. -Editor

"The three "First" World War medals, either one of the "1914 Star" or the "1914–15 Star", the British "War Medal" and the "Victory Medal", were collectively, irreverently, referred to as "Pip, Squeak and Wilfred", after three comic strip characters, a dog, a penguin and a rabbit, which were popular in the immediate post-war era. "Pip" represented either of the two Stars, "Squeak" represented the British War Medal and "Wilfred" represented the Victory Medal."

"The nickname for the British WWI trio of medals is Pip, Squeak and Wilfred. They were characters in a comic strip that was popular in the UK. Pip was a dog, Squeak a penguin and Wilfred a baby rabbit.

"In 25 years of collecting British medals, I have seen a lot of curious things done to them but have never seen this red and silver ribbon replacing the originals.

"The name impressed on them may give a clue as to the significance."