Sweetheart Badge Pattern Drawings

[Hawthorn]

A while back I obtained an old album in a mixed auction lot containing hand drawn and coloured patterns for Sweetheart badges. The majority are Military and some have details of materials and precious stones which can be added should the Customer wish written on them.

I believe that the drawings were done in the immediate post World War Two era and thought I would post a few images for Forum Members to view.

I'll start with my old Regiment, The Coldstream Guards.

[Hawthorn]

The Grenadier Guards.

[Hawthorn]

The Irish Guards.

I'll post some more as time goes on should anyone be interested.

Regards Simon.

[Hawthorn]

Apologies but I seem to have posted this in the Canadian Section, could I ask the Mods to move it to the British section please.

Simon.

[Hawthorn]

Thought I would add a few more from the album.

Machine Gun Corps.

[Hawthorn]

The first of two styles of badge for the Royal Tank Regiment.

[seanhath]

Originally Posted by Hawthorn

The Irish Guards.

I'll post some more as time goes on should anyone be interested.

Regards Simon.

Beautiful!
Thank you for sharing!
Kind Regards,
Sean

[Hawthorn]

My please Sean,

Thought I would add a few more, here we have a badge for the Army Dental Corps.

[Hawthorn]

Royal Army Pay Corps.

[dumdum]

Some would have been struck in a die (for quantities) but they could also have been hand-sawn and engraved from sheet gold or silver with the stones/ enamel added.

They also used "templates" made from very thin brass or nickel silver sheet that could be laid over the material of choice, the shape scribed onto the surface and then cut out.

Look at some of the art deco jewellery done by "high end" jewellers to see what the end result could look like.

Try getting that done these days for a reasonable price!