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I inherited a cardboard box from my grandparents which is lined with newspaper describing a giant tank battle - which given the date must be the Battle of Kursk
by Wildgoose 8y ago
I inherited a cardboard box from my grandparents which is lined with newspaper describing a giant tank battle - which given the date must be the Battle of Kursk.
One of the items it contained appeared to a kind of RAF badge made of some kind of plastic but with no identifying insignia.
After investigation I realised it was a "sweetheart badge" from the Second World War, (my Grandfather was in the RAF).
Apparently they were worn by women to discourage unwanted attention by making it clear to potential suitors that they already had a partner.
- arethuza 8y agoMy dad was in the RAF in WW2 - he had piles of stuff from the war in our attic that I used to trawl through as a young kid. Unfortunately when my mother was in the early stages of dementia she threw all that stuff out - he was quite upset.