Brooch, Sweetheart (Taranaki XI Rifles Regiment)

Production date
1914-1919
 Description
A small gold Sweetheart Brooch modelled on the design of an 11th (Taranaki Rifles) badge featuring Mount Taranaki / Egmont in the background and houses and farms in the foreground.= A scroll runs along the bottom inscribed with "TARANAKI XI RIFLES / REGIMENT". The pin on the back has been broken off. A "9CT " hallmark is stamped on the rear.
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Manufacturer
Production date
1914-1919
Subject person
Classification
Adornment/Personal Artifacts
Personal Symbol/Personal Artifacts
Credit line
This sweetheart brooch was given to an English woman by a New Zealand soldier during World War I. The family history related about it is that the New Zealand solider had proposed to his sweetheart, but she had refused as she did not feel she could leave her widowed mother. It remained in England until it was donated to Puke Ariki in 2002.
Accession number
TM2002.495
Collection type
Social History
Material
Gold
Metal

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