brooch, sweetheart, brooch
Accession Number

NAM.1990-02-28-2

Description

Sweetheart brooch, King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment), associated with Maj Dormer, 1881-1935. Gold and enamel. Lion surmounted by a circlet surmounted by a crown, with scroll below. Circlet inscribed ‘HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE’, Scroll inscribed: ‘THE KINGS OWN’ Inscribed on verso: ‘PAG/ PLYMOUTH/ 15CT’

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