Sweetheart brooch : Sapper M Parkes, 1 Australian Wireless Squadron Accession Number: REL30358

Description

Small sweetheart brooch showing a silver Australian Wireless Squadron symbol of a winged lightening bolt attached to an enamelled purple rectangle with a brooch fastening on the back.

Contextual Description

Brooch associated with 17539 Sapper Murray Parkes, a printer's traveller from Sydney, NSW. Parkes enlisted on 6 December 1916 and served in Mesopotamia with 1 Australian Cavalry Divisional Signal Squadron and from 23 May 1918 with 1 Australian Wireless Squadron. He embarked for return to Australia on 22 July 1919 and was discharged from the AIF on 5 October 1919.

Details

Accession Number
REL30358
Maker
Unknown
Classification
Heraldry
Object Type
Badge
Physical Description
Material: Silver; Enamel
Measurement
Overall: 22 mm height x 28 mm width x 5 mm depth
Date Made
c 1916-1919
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright not applicable

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