'Mother' sweetheart brooch

A small gold-plated brooch in the form of a boomerang surmounted by a red and blue enamelled Rising Sun badge and the word 'MOTHER' in script form. It has a brooch-pin fitting and safety chain and pin. On the reverse in impressed, '9SSIL.LD.AL'.

This badge is an example of commercially produced 'sweetheart' jewellery. Often worn by female relatives or a girlfriend, wife or in this case mother, these brooches were a symbol of pride, support and affection for a loved one serving in the armed forces. They could be purchased by the women themselves or given as a gift by the serviceman concerned.