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Old 25-08-18, 11:04 AM
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Good afternoon,

would you have any idea about this badge ? Sweetheart brooch ?

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Old 25-08-18, 01:45 PM
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Interesting mashup: what looks like a miniature version of one of the British GS badges, a white star - US Army tactical marking from WWII and after - and a Cross of Lorraine, usually associated with the Free French forces in that conflict.

Perhaps a patriotic fund badge/fund-raising item, though it looks very well made for that. Puzzling.
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Old 25-08-18, 05:45 PM
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The white star was also an "Allied star", so perhaps some link to the post Normandy invasion, the Allied star. British emblem, Cross of Lorraine.
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Old 25-08-18, 05:59 PM
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The crown looks Victorian. Perhaps it is older than the second World War.

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Old 26-08-18, 09:55 AM
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The spelling of Honi used on the garter is incorrect! Is it not?
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Old 26-08-18, 10:13 AM
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The spelling of Honi used on the garter is incorrect! Is it not?
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Hadn't spotted that "Hoani" - apparently that's "Johnny" in Maori.
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Old 26-08-18, 10:49 AM
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Leigh I read it as 'Honni', which one of us should have gone to secsavers!
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