Favourite sweethearts brooch

[Roy]

Hi Bryan,

Yes a very nice example, a good find some the Re collector.

A bit of a basic question as we are on the topic of sweethearts - but are Boer War example especially rare? I have seen a few now and again but wondered what anyones thoughts were who collect these.

Cheers, Roy.

[Kiwisapper]

This is the nicest one I have come across.

Just one wee stone missing....I hope its not a diamond!

[RCN]

Originally Posted by Roy

Hi Bryan,

Yes a very nice example, a good find some the Re collector.

Cheers, Roy.

For the record it sold for 41 pounds. I know if I was an RE collector I certainly would have gone for it, its a really nice example!

Bryan

[Tigerlily]

Originally Posted by Kiwisapper

This is the nicest one I have come across.

Just one wee stone missing....I hope its not a diamond!

That's nice Rob, I'm on the look out for one. Before Christmas I was watching a silver Boer War RA brooch and it was a stunner, I let it go though, twice, kind of regretting it now.

Alli

[yorkstone]

I have many favourite items the black watch is dated 1882 for Edina I will have to check date as items are packed away at present due to house move.

Regards

Stephen

[Peter Brydon]

Some more of my sweethearts including uniform badges that have been brooched.

My favourites tend to change over time.

P.B.

[Grevisk]

Originally Posted by scotch

Some great badges, thanks for sharing. This one is my favourite, one of the first badges that I ever collected. Hall marked on the reverse.

Cheers Nick

Loved the one quoted above posted by Nick (scotch), for obvious reasons, My example is hallmarked for Birmingham 1914 and carries the Robert Chandler makers mark.
The second one is a nice copper shamrock motif mounted on a silver sword, no hallmarks.

[Tigerlily]

Originally Posted by Grevisk

Loved the one quoted above posted by Nick (scotch), for obvious reasons, My example is hallmarked for Birmingham 1914 and carries the Robert Chandler makers mark.
The second one is a nice copper shamrock motif mounted on a silver sword, no hallmarks.

I love the shamrock on the sword, really nice

Alli

[Frank Kelley]

Quality always remains a breed apart and is invariably, very expensive indeed, so yes, the Parachute Regiment, whilst not old, in particular, is really superb, in my opinion.

Originally Posted by Tigerlily

Very nice Phil.
Loving the handsomest cap badge thread on GWF, was it me that called a lot of the Scottish badges clunky and samey? whoops!

Anyway, I've only got a few because if I start with sweethearts it will be yet another distraction from badges, grenades, caps, helmets, hackles, tanks...

But these are my 2 favourites, first is the Garrard & Co Para Regt brooch, then not really a sweetheart, my MGC veterans pin by Thomas Mott

[Tigerlily]

Originally Posted by Frank Kelley

Quality always remains a breed apart and is invariably, very expensive indeed, so yes, the Parachute Regiment, whilst not old, in particular, is really superb, in my opinion.

Thank you Frank, it's a bit special to me

Alli

[cw2311]

Originally Posted by GriffMJ

I first saw this for sale at nearly £400 some years ago.... it then came up for sale on eBay and got it for the price of an ORs badge

WOW! What beautiful detail. Very nice indeed.

[scotch]

Originally Posted by Grevisk

Loved the one quoted above posted by Nick (scotch), for obvious reasons, My example is hallmarked for Birmingham 1914 and carries the Robert Chandler makers mark.
The second one is a nice copper shamrock motif mounted on a silver sword, no hallmarks.

Great example, thanks for sharing Grevisk,
my example is also hall marked Birmingham, Robert Chandler, but dated 1915.

Cheers Nick

[Paul Spellman]

Here is my small collection which includes a couple of buttonhole Regtl. Assn. badges - the 5th Bn's KLR and LNL's being two favourites.
The 6th (Rifle) Bn KLR (H/M 1914) being my favourite sweetheart
Paul

[Chipper]

My only sweetheart piece (thanks to Alan O) 9th London, Queen Vic's Rifles. A dainty little buttonhole badge. Not as spectacular as some of the badges being shown, but the regiment of my Grandfather in WW1, so special to me.

Tim

[Tigerlily]

Originally Posted by Chipper

My only sweetheart piece (thanks to Alan O) 9th London, Queen Vic's Rifles. A dainty little buttonhole badge. Not as spectacular as some of the badges being shown, but the regiment of my Grandfather in WW1, so special to me.

Tim

That's really sweet Tim, I like it, I imagine a little harder to find?