Sweetheart brooch 'MOTHER'

Small, rose gold and brass enamel sweetheart brooch with a representation of a naval officer's cap badge in the foreground. This is attached to an inverted boomerang supporting the word, 'MOTHER'. There is a brooch pin fitting and the reverse in impressed, '9SSIL.LD.AL'.

This badge is an example of commercially produced 'sweetheart' jewellery. Often worn by female relatives or a girlfriend, wife or in this case mother, these brooches were a symbol of pride, support and affection for a loved one serving in the armed forces. They could be purchased by the women themselves or given as a gift by the serviceman concerned.