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Description: | Copper alloy Brooch, gilded overall. Cast openwork brooch depicting a pair of crowned sceptres crossed. Above them an oval frame bears the Latin motto SEMPER FIDELIS (always faithful). Below appears a wreath, at the equivalent position; the two sides being separated by three pellets on either side of the frame. The back bears the legend BIRMINGHAM / MFD A1. A drawn wire pin is clasped by paired lugs and is engaged with a hook opposite, the pin gear being brazed to the back of the brooch. This is probably a keepsake incorporating a regimental crest or motto. Suggested date: Modern, 1914-1920.Height: 28.9mm, Width: 20.8mm, Thickness (clear of pin gear):1.7mm, Weight: 4.48gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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