Antique WW1 RECRUITING BANDS 1915 Brooch jade The piece will likely have

The piece will likely have been given out a funeral

and the ring is modelled in 15k gold throughout

08ct total carat weight

Chinese gold marks

and remains in the original fitted presentation box

Antique WW1 RECRUITING BANDS 1915 Brooch jade The piece will likely haveDATE: WW1, c. 1915 A superb, and highly unusual, antique brooch that would have been presented to a member of one of the British Army's Recruitment Bands presumably for service in 1915. The letters are set with rose cut diamonds, and the date with rubies. Modelled in 9k gold with silver settings. Recruiting Bands were employed by army recruitment agencies of many nations throughout the 19th and into the 20th Century. Typically they would have been