alantwo Posted 12 August , 2011 Share Posted 12 August , 2011 Hi Everyone Can anyone identify the badge/brooch in the photograph and what it is for. It is approximately 25mm wide, has a safety type pin to the back and is engraved with "YPRES" on the front. Regards Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 13 August , 2011 Share Posted 13 August , 2011 Hi Everyone Can anyone identify the badge/brooch in the photograph and what it is for. It is approximately 25mm wide, has a safety type pin to the back and is engraved with "YPRES" on the front. Regards Alan It looks like conjoined shamrocks and thus perhaps with an Irish connotation. Beyond that and the Ypres association it is difficult to be more specific. I am unaware of any Divisional or Brigade sign in that form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alantwo Posted 15 August , 2011 Author Share Posted 15 August , 2011 Thanks for taking the time to reply Frogsmile. I can't make head nor tail of it either. I have borrowed the brooch from my Father over the weekend and I'll see if I can get a better photograph and one of the back as well. The Irish connection doesn't fit with my Grandfather's Regiment. Regards Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 16 August , 2011 Share Posted 16 August , 2011 Thanks for taking the time to reply Frogsmile. I can't make head nor tail of it either. I have borrowed the brooch from my Father over the weekend and I'll see if I can get a better photograph and one of the back as well. The Irish connection doesn't fit with my Grandfather's Regiment. Regards Alan Perhaps it is a clover, which I believe had an association with good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alantwo Posted 23 August , 2011 Author Share Posted 23 August , 2011 Hi Everyone I have attached a couple of photographs which show the brooch in a bit more detail. It certainly has a hand made quality about it. The wording 'Ypres' is less engraved on the scroll than I would say punched. The scroll is also a separate item and has tags that are folded back behind, I agree, what look like clover leaves. It may therefore have been added at a later date. It is clearly not as ornate as other souvenir badges elsewhere on the forum. It was certainly brought back from the Western Front but whether it was something someone simply put together out there as a keepsake I do not know. If anyone has any further thoughts I would appreciate them. Kind regards Alan Ypres brooch rear view Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angrybudgie Posted 24 August , 2011 Share Posted 24 August , 2011 I think you will find that it is souvenier battlefield brooch....bought to send home to wives and girlfriends. You see several different versions about some with goodluck symbols or coats of arms or unit badges, but all with a location on the front. Elizabeth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alantwo Posted 24 August , 2011 Author Share Posted 24 August , 2011 Many thanks Elizabeth Some of the souvenir brooches I have seen are very ornate, this version must have been the cheaper end of the market. Kind regards Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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