52335: Tipperary Handkerchief

<p dir="ltr">The attached image is of a large handkerchief, 47Cm (18.5 inches) square, possibly silk, which includes the music and words of "It's a long, long way to Tipperary". For a number of years it was used to wrap my Grandfather's medals which were kept in a Princess Mary Christmas Gift Box (possibly the one he was given).</p><p dir="ltr">Probably designed pre '17 as the Allied flags includes that of Russia, but not that of the USA. The text below the music (in red) gives: "By kind permission of B. Feldman & Co 2, 3 & 4 Arthur St. New Oxford St. London WC". (Feldman was a British music publisher who bought the rights).</p><p dir="ltr">The outer boarder is of interlinked shamrocks, and each corner contains a Victoria Cross. The flag boarders, which contains several flag designs which are no longer in use, are, I believe, as follows (some of the detail, even on the handkerchief itself ,is, unfortunately, not that clear):</p><p dir="ltr">Bottom row (Left -Right):<br>New Zealand & Canada (or South Africa), British Naval Ensign & India, South Africa (or Canada) & Australia which is then repeated.</p><p dir="ltr"><br></p><p dir="ltr">Top row:<br>As bottom row, but order reversed.</p><p dir="ltr"><br></p><p dir="ltr">Left hand side (Top to bottom): Ireland, Wales, England (English Standard) and Scotland (Scottish Standard) repeated twice.</p><p dir="ltr">Right hand side:<br>As left hand side, but order reversed.</p><p dir="ltr"><br></p><p dir="ltr">Crossed with the Union Flag to the right & left of the music & words are:<br>To the right: France and Belgium.<br>To the left: Japan and Russia.</p>