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Old 01-11-19, 05:32 PM
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A brooched sweetheart repaired with a short slider for use in the buttonhole?
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Old 02-11-19, 08:38 AM
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Did ladies have buttonholes?

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Old 02-11-19, 08:44 AM
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I'm thinking of it having been worn as a lapel badge by a an ex-Grenadier.
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Old 02-11-19, 12:57 PM
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Could well be. And if so, I suppose he would have been an NCO (because of cypher?)

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Old 02-11-19, 01:01 PM
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Presumably, although can only guess that's what the badge was used for.
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