RNZAF Trench Art Sweetheart Brooches

Very nice matched pair both made from Cowrie shells which despite their undoubted age still pick up the silver and turquoise hues. One is in the form of a Pilots Brevet and engraved RNZ AF and the other is a of the New Zealand silver fern. The pin back plate on the Pilot's wings is stamped 'silver'. On the fern leaf the back plate is marked 'STG'. Almost certainly dating to WWII and probably given by a RNZAF pilot to his wife or girlfriend. Please check out the other RNZAF grouping we have also just listed.