Braces : Staff Sergeant C Love, Royal Corps of Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Pair of military issue braces. The braces consist of two elasticised fabric straps with an aluminium buckle on each to adjust the length of each strap. Stamped into the back of each buckle is 'WILL NOT RUST'. The straps taper at the back to a 'V' shape and are secured at the base by a folded arrow shaped piece of leather which has been double stitched which connects to a metal 'D' ring with two short leather straps attached. Each of the leather straps has a button hole cut into it. The two front brace straps each have an aluminium attachment point with two leather straps at each end. A button hole has been cut into each strap. Stamped in black ink on the reverse of the right strap are the makers details 'J.A. & E.I / 1950 / SIZE 88 / [broad arrow symbol]'.

Associated with the service of Warrant Officer Class II Cecil Love who was born in Sydney on 16 October 1921. Love volunteered for service in the Second AIF on 12 July 1943. He was posted to the engineers with the service number NX201803 and served primarily in the Sydney area.

After the war, Love enlisted into the regular army and he was allocated the new service number, 21323. He was promoted to corporal on 6 January 1947 and to staff sergeant on 1 February 1950.

He went on to serve as a temporary warrant officer class II in Korea in 1953 with the 16th British Commonwealth Infantry Workshop as a member of the Royal Corps of Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (RAEME) from 19 February to 18 July. After his return to Australia he was discharged on 7 September 1953.