TWO MILLION YARDS OF RIBBON

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 271, 12 August 1919, Page 10

TWO MILLION YARDS OF RIBBON

6~ SPECIAL DESIGN FOll WAII MEDALS The decision of tlio War Olfico to issue j a general war medal to those soldiers who actively participated in the war means that Hrilish ribbon Manufacturers mo lo rcccivo contracts for Uio supply of no fewer than two million yards The design of the ribbon has been registered under the Patents and Designs Act in order to ensure that all ribbon manufactured in accqrdance with the otlicial specification shall be conserved iV Government requirements. The War OHice is now and has been tor Some time past tlio largest customer of British ribbon manufacturers, for it is not only charged with the duty of obtaining snllieient ribbon for the Army, but has to urovido for the consolidated requirements of all Government Departments, which include the Admiralty, the Air Ministry, the Colonial Office, tlio Board of Trade, the India OHice, and all tlio overseas dominions. It is estimated that arrange' mollis will have to be made to supply the ribbon in connection with the genoral war medal to alwut ten million soldiers. As in the case of the 1911 Star ribbon, which was also registered under the Patents and Designs Act, tho new ribl>on will Ik> released for sale as 6oon as sufficient quantities arc obtained, and every effort is to be made to issue it as quickly as possible to those who hove earned it. Tho aim of the War Office, according to Mr. AVinston Churchill, will ho to "get the ribbon out so that it may be worn by our soldiers before the people have almost forgotten that a war lias been on." The ribbon, it is understood, will bo issued free in tho first instance, not only to serving but to discharged soldiers.—"Daily Mail."