Canada. A Lot of Seven RCN/RCNVR Sweetheart Badges, c.1945
Includes: one Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) Sweetheart Badge (two-piece construction, in sterling silver with red and blue enamels, maker marked "BIRKS-ELLIS", marked "STERLING" and hallmarked on the reverse, measuring 38.5 mm (w) x 32.5 mm (h), vertical pinback); and six Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RCNVR) Sweetheart Badges (first badge with a multi-piece construction, in sterling silver with red enamels, along with multiple embedded glass stones, maker marked "BIRKS" and marked "STERLING" on the reverse, measuring 29 mm (w) x 26.5 mm (h), vertical pinback, plus a fine link chain hooked in place; second badge with a multi-piece construction, in sterling silver, marked "STERLING" and maker marked "WRJ" on the reverse, measuring 20.8 mm (w) x 31.7 mm (h), vertical pinback; third badge with a multi-piece construction, in sterling silver, marked "STERLING" and maker marked on the reverse, measuring 20.7 mm (w) x 31.5 mm (h), vertical pinback; fourth badge with a multi-piece construction, in sterling silver, marked "STERLING" an maker marked "SMIBO" on the reverse, measuring 23.2 mm (w) x 29.5 mm (h), missing its horizontal pinback; fifth badge in sterling silver with red, white and blue enamels, marked "STERLING" and maker marked with the C. Lamond Fils insignia on the reverse, measuring 10 mm (w) x 16.5 mm (h), suspended from a hanger in sterling silver with blue and white enamels, the hanger with pinback, marked "STERLING" and maker marked with the C. Lamond Fils insignia on the reverse, chipping evident in the blue enamels on the hanger; sixth badge in sterling silver, marked "STERLING" and maker marked on the reverse, measuring 17.2 mm (w) x 21.5 mm (h), vertical pinback). Ranging from better than very fine to extremely fine.

