I have adopted a standard reply if anybody asks what my modest lot of hardware is for - it goes something like this:
Enquirer: "What are those medals for?"
Me: "Madam/Sir/My dear (as appropriate), I've not the slightest idea, they were on the uniform when I bought it". Usually brings the thing to a stop and just as well, 'cause one is a foreign award, the correct pronunciation of which becomes more difficult in direct proportion to the quantity of liquid refreshment consumed.
I can't claim it's an original quote - it appears in Hamish M'haddie's account of being a pathfinder.
Old Duffer
Old Duffer