Wings And Heart Sweetheart Brooch

Made exclusively for the RAF Museum.

Material: Rhodium plating with enamelled heart.

During both world wars “sweetheart” brooches were given by servicemen to loved ones left behind at home; these could be their girlfriends, wives, parents or children.

A brooch with wings was most often given by an RAF airman to his special woman, who would wear it to remember her brave man, risking his life in the service of his King and Country.