MEDALS-ARE MEDALS.
In an address to his troops, an officer of a certain Yeomanry regiment made a stirring allusion to the medals which were worn by several army veterans in the ranks. One of the yeomen went home, in a very thoughtful frame of mind, and next drill day came on parade with three silver medals pinned to his manly breast. Seeing them glittering in the sunshine, the officer approached the man: "I did not know you had bean in the wars," he said.
•' No, I ain't," was the reply. " Well, how about the medals ? They can't be yours."
The yeoman eyed his superior officer contemptuously, and then replied "Can't they? Ay, but they be. My old cow won 'em all at cattle shows."
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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 6 March 1919, Page 2
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124MEDALS-ARE MEDALS. Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 6 March 1919, Page 2
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