Sweetheart badge?

[Jackhr]

Hi all
any idea what it is and is it a common badge also its value if possible as its not in my line of collecting .

thanks Rob

[dumdum]

Hi Rob,

Hope all good with you. I would think this is a French patriotic badge, themed around the famous French 75mm field gun.

To the left is what could be a French "revolutionary" bonnet (the Phrygian bonnet of the 1790s) or it could be a French dragoon's helmet (with the 1914 date it can't be the Adrian helmet).

To the right is the German pickelhaube but reversed, suggesting conquest.

This all against a sunburst design- a new dawn?

Value? Probably not great so say AUD$ 30-35.

Cheers and hope this helps!

[Jackhr]

Thanks for the info, most appreciated if any one is interested in the badge will trade for an Australian badge .

Rob

[mike_vee]

One on a card available on eBay for £22.00 :

original first world war 1914 souvenir brooch , sold by donation [ offert ] on the original CAFE BIARD retailors card [ see photos below for shop in early 1900`s and in more recent times ]

brooch with detail of the famed French 75 field gun
revolution bonnet and rooster within rising sun with 1914 and laurel to base

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[Stma]

Hi, just for extra info, the French 75mm gun as mentioned in this post appears on other French patriotic / souvenir badges as well, perhaps showing as to how iconic these 75mm field guns were in France at the time of the WW1 era.

[leigh kitchen]

Don't forget the cocktail named after the 75 and said to have a kick like it.