brooch, sweetheart, brooch
Accession Number
NAM.1997-08-62-6
Description
One of twenty seven Corps sweetheart brooches, 1914 (c)-1954. 14 silver and enamel, and 13 base metal, one on a pearl button; one wishbone; most tiepin, several possibly converted from cap badges. Some home made, some made by J R Gaunt of London, Lambourne and Company. Associated with Royal Artillery (9), Honourable Artillery Company, Royal Army Medical Corps, Army Veterinary Corps (2), Royal Army Ordnance Corps (5), Royal Army Service Corps (3), Royal Corps of Signals, Corps of Royal Engineers (3), Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, and RAA (2, possibly Royal Artillery Association).