I've finally stopped being lazy...

... so here's my sweetheart brooches. For now. I have my eye on others right now.

And to save you all clicking and waiting I've uploaded direct to photobucket.

A mother of pearl .303 bullet, possibly WW1, but I suspect WW2.




Trench art aircraft


Air Gunner

 

Navigator. This is 1950/60's, but i bought it direct from the lady it was given too, so it is the only one I have a back story for.


Flight Engineer


Signaller


Cap Badge

 

4 pendants and brooches made from cockpit window Lucite. The RCAF pendant was a gift from Vic Hallam at the Derwent dam

 

Trench Art made from a Florin


Post War.


Not sure if this is FAA or RNAS. I can never remember the difference between the insignia.

 

Medical corps.


Met Wing cloth brevet.


My Silver Naval Crown.


Navigator Cloth Brevet

 

Observer




My earliest brooch, one for Annie I think. A WW1 tank corps pendant brooch.


An Aircraftsman cloth badge and lead sweetheart brooch. Never seen a lead brooch before so I am wondering if he made it in the workshop by moulding from someone elses brooch.

 

The one I picked up today, a Queen's Crown costume brooch.


One of the pride of the collection, a South African Air Force badge.


Silver match case, Pre-War

 

Scottish Womens Rural Institute. I Just liked it.

 

And a little lapel badge from the WIngs For Victory rallies. Its a small danlgy spitfre on a small stick pin. When I find them I also have 3 aircraft of similar size that were made to go through a button hole.


Any and all comments will be treated as jealousy on the part of the poster

There is a lot now but I have been collecting now for about 8 years.

 

And now for the ones I've bought my mum over the last couple of years.

A base metal fouled anchor.


Edwardian silver and enamel


Similar to above

 

15ct gold RAF crest


Diamonte and silver naval crown


Chrome RAF wings on propeller



And yet to come, the WW1 silks, and all of my lovely signed prints.

 

Hi Kitty,
Thank you for sharing that wonderful collection with us.
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I'm just sat here looking at it. Half of me thinks Ye Gods! How much money have I spent?! the other half is thinking NOT ENOUGH BROOCHES!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

They are beautiful Kitty. I'd never even heard of them before but now that I've seen them I recall aunties wearing similar things.

 

There is a lot of these things around

Sweetheart brooche son evilBay

Thats just a general selection. And thats UK, America has its entirely own style.

 

Were they official things or fashioned by servicemen Kitty?

 

And example of an advert from just before the war

 

ooooh Kitty! ..... I'm green with envy !! :evil:

What a smashing collection ! a lovely selection too !!

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