Gold Sweetheart Brooch

Rare gold sweetheart brooch, from the Tank Regiment, blue enamelled motto, “Fear Naught”. 5cm wide, 3.6 grams.

During the course of the world wars, servicemen departing home for the precarious and unpredictable conditions of the front line would leave gifts with their loved ones, with a small brooch depicting the service crest or a soldier’s regimental badge particularly popular.

These brooches were smaller than the original service badges and made from finer metals such as gold or silver rather than coloured base metals; some were embellished with precious stones, such as diamonds, rubies and emeralds.