Bronze British War Medal with strange rimtext

[Herman]

Forumites, i’m stumped. Can the experts shed some light on this?

I have never seen this before.

 

regards

Herman 

[pieter1012]

Hello Herman,

it stands for the Egyptian Labour Corps. About 110,000 BWM's were issued to the E.L.C.

Regards, Pieter

Edited May 11 by pieter1012
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[pieter1012]

sorry, made a mistake; the total bronze BWM's issued was 110,000. Unfortunately, I don't know how many went to the E.L.C.

Pieter

[Herman]

Thanks for the quick answer Pieter

[RobW]

Hello Herman,

 

There is an additional bronze BWM thread at:

You may want to re-post in that area to see if additional replies can shed more light.

 

Regards,

Rob