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Old 01-11-09, 07:36 AM
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Hi Air Force guys/gals,
Here is a small brooch with safety pin attachment which has me puzzled. Metal badge is set in perspex. Is it a sweetheart brooch or was it worn by nursing staff?
Thanks, Tinto
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Old 01-11-09, 08:47 AM
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Hi Air Force guys/gals,
Here is a small brooch with safety pin attachment which has me puzzled. Metal badge is set in perspex. Is it a sweetheart brooch or was it worn by nursing staff?
Thanks, Tinto
Tinto,
looks like a standard RAF Medical Services Collar which has been turned into a brooch! Collar would have been lugged N/S.

Andy
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Old 01-11-09, 05:58 PM
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Hi Andy,
Thanks, I thought that would be the case. There are vestiges of lugs N/S.
I do know that New Zealand nurses in WW2 wore a NZ "Onward" brooched badge in ivory to avoid soiling their uniform.
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