First World War Sweetheart Brooch

c. 1918

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2009.11.8

Item type

Jewellery

Themes

War and Conflict > World War 1

Material

Metal

Width

27 mm

Height or length

40 mm

Weight

6 g

Inscriptions and markings

‘MARY’ in white metal lettering at top with white metal train and initials ‘R C’ at the bottom. Engraved on rear ‘With Love From Peter’.

Keywords

Sweetheart Brooch

First World War

World War One

WW1

Place made

France

Year

c. 1918

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Historic significance

Scientific or research significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

Geotag

-35.030449, 117.912878

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