Antique WW1 RECRUITING BANDS 1915 Brooch tiara the design and quality are

the design and quality are both outstanding

The 18k gold band creates a pleasing contrast with the platinum - the style is influenced by jewellery of the early 20th Century

The gallery features intricate pierced scrolled openwork

with a very sensible moral message

protective and comforting

Antique WW1 RECRUITING BANDS 1915 Brooch tiara the design and quality areDATE: WW1, c. 1915 A superb, and highly unusual, antique brooch that would have been presented to a member of one of the British Army's Recruitment Bands presumably for service in 1915. The letters are set with rose cut diamonds, and the date with rubies. Modelled in 9k gold with silver settings. Recruiting Bands were employed by army recruitment agencies of many nations throughout the 19th and into the 20th Century. Typically they would have been