Help with a Royal Signals badge - British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum

Emmalm · #1 06-04-12, 02:10 PM

My Grandfather sadly passed away in December last year and we have found a badge while clearing the house. It was actually in my Grandmother's sewing box, so could have been hers possibly, (maybe a sweetheart brooch?) It appears to be made from mother of pearl.

Could anyone help with what sort of badge this could be and if so how old is it likely to be? My Grandfather served in the second world war, so could it have been contempory to this time or something he or my Grandmother bought later?

Any information gratefully received to try and build a little more of his history, a time he found difficult to talk about.

Emma

Peter Brydon · #2 06-04-12, 05:03 PM

Here is a similar item to the Cheshire Yeomanry, a sweethearts brooch, with details of where I think it came from.

My father was also in the Royal Signals and and served in Palestine at the end of WW2.

P.B.

tynesideirish · #3 06-04-12, 08:32 PM

Hi Emma, This is indeed a sweetheart brooch. dated between 1926 and 1953. Most likely WW2, very cheap and easy to buy, so bought probably just before he was posted away. Worn so the world knew her man was serving and as a constant remembrance of him.
Today's price: Just sentimental value really £5-£20 maximum.

Emmalm · #4 06-04-12, 09:05 PM

Thank you both, I'm not looking to sell, it is more about what it was than the value.

So it would have been my Grandmother's and probably contemporary with when he went to war in 1940, which is great so I can place it in my family history properly. Given how dedicated they were as a couple I can see her wearing it at the time.

Thanks again

Phil2M · #5 06-04-12, 09:23 PM

Hi Emma,

If you have any old, wartime, photos of your grandmother you may be able to see the badge being worn in them.

Welcome to the forum,

Phil

Peter Brydon · #6 07-04-12, 07:31 AM

Emma,

The point I was trying to make ( not very successfully ) was that mother of pearl sweethearts brooches were made in Jerusalem ( and no doubt many other places ) Do you know if you grandfather served in that area because if he did there is a chance it was something he bought there and gave to, or had it sent to, your grandmother.

The Cheshire Yeomanry mother of pearl badge I have ( not a family piece ) is interesting because it looks like the word "of" in "Earl of Chester" was missed out when the badge was first engraved and had to be squeezed.

Peter