Sweetheart brooch made at Tarakan

Place Asia: Borneo, Tarakan
Accession Number REL23908.001
Collection type Heraldry
Object type Badge
Maker Unknown
Place made Borneo: Tarakan
Date made c 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Description

Silver metal badge in the shape of a heart which hangs below a bar on two short chains. Engraved on the bar is the word 'Beryl'. The centre of the lower metal piece features a convex red heart. Around this centre piece on the silver metal is engraved 'Tarakan' with a palm tree on each side. The badge is in a small red cloth bag. The brooch pin is missing from the reverse of the bar.

History / Summary

Found in a charity shop and donated to the Memroial.

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