WW2 Royal Navy Patrol Minesweepers & Anti-Submarine Lapel Badge hair or colour could be “made

or colour could be “made to order”

It dates from the turn of the 19th Century

it also has pierced foliate motifs

Pyrope garnet

In 1896 - the year this brooch was made - there was simultaneously an increase in bicycle popularity and a severe economic depression

WW2 Royal Navy Patrol Minesweepers & Anti-Submarine Lapel Badge hair or colour could be “madeDATE: Mid Century, c. 1939 "I am told that the Minesweepers men have no badge. If this is so it must be remedied at once. I am asking Mr. Bracken to call for designs from Sir Kenneth Clark within one week, after which production must begin with the greatest speed, and distribution as the deliveries come to hand." FIRST LORD to FORTH SEA LORD. 12. X. 1939 This silver lapel badge for the Royal Navy Patrol, created by artist and medal designer Kruger