United Kingdom. A Royal Artillery Sweetheart Badge, 1939 Auction silver swords

silver swords

one of an officer wearing nine awards (including two Orders of the Patriotic War

all on vertical pinbacks

depicts a Totenkopf (dead’s head) flanked by oak leaves

when he was Killed in Action over the Western Front

United Kingdom. A Royal Artillery Sweetheart Badge, 1939 Auction silver swordsDisk in sterling silver with black shell background, hand engraved insignia, held in place within a sterling silver frame, maker marked "G&A", marked with the British lion, a leopard's head (made in London) and date marked "D" (1939) on the reverse, measuring 27. 5 mm in diameter, horizontal pinback, very light contact, near extremely fine.