WW1 US Army Nurse Corps Platinum Plated 14ct Gold Sweetheart Brooch

For sale is a WW1 United States Army Nurse Corps Platinum Plated 14ct Gold Sweetheart Brooch. Unfortunately this is not hallmarked but was X-Ray Tested recently, and we can guarantee it’s platinum plated 14ct Gold, the centre is carved abalone/ mother of Pearl in the form of the emblem of the United States Army Nurse Corps. This is an exceptionally rare and beautiful sweetheart brooch in good condition.    The United States Army Nurse Corps (USANC) was formally established by the U.S. Congress in 1901. It is one of the six medical special branches (or "corps") of officers which – along with medical enlisted soldiers – comprise the Army Medical Department (AMEDD). The ANC is the nursing service for the U.S. Army and provides nursing staff in support of the Department of Defense medical plans. The ANC is composed entirely of Registered Nurses (RNs) But also includes Nurse Practitioners.   These little brooches are miniatures of the badges of military regiments, naval units, the Royal Flying Corps and the RAF, generally known as sweetheart brooches because they were often given as romantic keepsakes by members of the armed forces to their wives and girlfriends before they left for the front.  One Londoner recalled that they ‘were received as gifts, love tokens or symbols to display that one of your loved ones was “doing their bit”‘ and remembered that ‘almost every female seemed to wear one’.  Widely sold in retail and jewellery stores throughout the country and in small shops set up in military camps where last-minute gifts could be purchased before embarkation, families visibly articulated their support for their men as they left for potentially lengthy periods of separation in wartime by wearing brooches that matched the soldiers’ insignia.    This will be sent via Royal Mail Special delivery and dispatched within two working days.