Belgian manufactured sweetheart brooch

Place Europe: Belgium, Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Ypres
Accession Number REL/18486
Collection type Heraldry
Object type Badge
Physical description Rose gold, Silver
Maker Unknown
Place made Belgium
Date made c 1914-1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Description

Small sweetheart brooch in the shape of a silver washed leaf with a rose gold scroll impressed 'YPRES' attached to the centre.

History / Summary

Typical of sweetheart jewellery sent home by Australian servicemen on the Western Front during the First World War.