Engraved on the edge: No. 3 COMPANY 1st BUCKS. R.V. CORPS. PRESENTED BY LIEUT. T.F. FREMANTLE. WON BY Pte. J. EMERTON. SEPT. 20. 1887. An 18 year old groom and domestic servant from Mitre Street, Buckingham, Emberton was awarded the medal for the best third class and...
Sweetheart badges and brooches depicting regimental insignia originated in the late 1880s but became extremely popular during the First World War, soldiers gifting them to mothers, wives or girlfriends usually before leaving on active service or returning to the front...
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