N° d'objet
201208.37.7
Titre
A Silver George VI Royal Enginners Tie Pin which belonged to 2067291 SPR F. HIGGINS R.E.
Description
A Silver George VI Royal Enginners Tie Pin, in a wooden and glass case beneath five Second World War medals and to the right of a Cap Badge which belonged to 2067291 SPR F. HIGGINS R.E. The Tie Pin features a silver Royal Engineers badge backed on a pin. The badge features a silver George VI cypher on a red background surrounded by a blue Garter Belt with the silver words 'HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE'. The Garter Belt is surrounded by a silver laurel wreath with a blue banner beneath containing the words 'ROYAL ENGINEERS' in silver. Above the Garter Belt is a Tudor Crown with red inside. Above the Tie Pin are the 1939-45 Star (201208.37.1), the France and Germany Star (201208.37.2), the Defence Medal (201208.37.3), the 1939-45 War Medal (201208.37.4) and a Territorial Efficiency Medal (201208.37.5). To the left of the Tie Pin is a Royal Engineers Cap Badge (201208.37.6). At the bottom is a green tape with the words '2067291. SPR. F. HIGGINS. R.E.' punched in white on to it. The words 'GIFTED BY CORPORAL DAVID N. WEBSTER / ROYAL ENGINEER 23742887' are in blue pen on the back of the frame. Three golden metal plates screwed into the frame hold the wooden back in place onto which the green felt is stapled. Two hooks on the left and right of the frame back hold a section of electrical wire with brown insulation to hang the frame on to a wall.
Date
1939 - 1945
Période de création
World War Two, 1939-1945
Matériel
Dimensions
- Height: Tie Pin 27 mm
- Width: Tie Pin 21 mm
- Length: Tie Pin 42 mm