The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A sweetheart brooch crafted from a rising sun badge and a curved 'AUSTRALIA' shoulder title. The two pieces are attached with spot solder at two points at the bottom centre and bottom right of the badge. The pin from the brooch-pin style fitting is missing.
The history of this brooch is unknown. However it is an example of handmade 'sweetheart' jewellery from the First World War.
Crudely made sweetheart brooch crafted from a silver rising sun badge and a curved 'AUSTRALIA' shoulder title. The two pieces are attached by a thin piece of wire looped through the letters and scroll
A gilded brass and glass enamel brooch in the form of a blue enamelled boomerang, with the wording 'I GO TO RETURN'. Suspended from the boomerang is a small red and blue enamelled 'Rising Sun badge.
A small silver brooch in the form of the Rising Sun badge with a red enamelled King's Crown and blue enamelled scroll. It has 'SSIL' impressed on the reverse and a brooch-pin fitting. This badge is
Circular mother of pearl brooch enclosing a Rising Sun badge and voided fillegree design. Carved into the Rising Sun scroll is, 'AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH MILITARY FORCES' and below that the word, 'PALE
A small gold-plated brooch in the form of a boomerang surmounted by a red and blue enamelled Rising Sun badge and the word 'MOTHER' in script form. It has a brooch-pin fitting and safety chain and pin
Silver wire filigree style brooch in the form of a horizontal oval centered by the Rising Sun badge, bordered by a Kangaroo and Emu and extensive silver filigree decoration. Above the badge is a small
