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Offline bluenovember

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Photo: Can you help me identify these badges/brooches?
« on: Saturday 15 September 07 13:11 BST (UK) »
I've got a photo taken of my Great Grandmother and her daughter. It was taken around the WW1 period. What I find interesting about it is the badges/brooches they are wearing. They look specific as if they belonged to a society or something. Can anybody help me identify what they are?
Biles/Byles - Powerstock, Dorset & Portsea, Hampshire
Clark/Clarke - Froxfield, Priors Dean & Basingstoke area, Hampshire
Frankum - Basingstoke area, Hampshire
Griffiths - Devon & Hampshire
Instrell - Popham, Hampshire
Lampen - Cornwall & Devon
Morris - Isle of Wight
North - Kingsclere, Hampshire
Penton/Painton - Basingstoke area, Hampshire
Pressey - Isle of Wight, Sussex & Portsea, Hampshire

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Re: Photo: Can you help me identify these badges/brooches?
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 15 September 07 14:06 BST (UK) »
They look like WW1 "Sweetheart Brooches" of particular regiments. If you Google WW1 Sweetheart brooch you will see some examples.

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