£85
A PAIR OF SILVER GREAT WAR NAVAL SWEETHEART BROOCHES
each in the form of a fouled anchor, the first with naval crown and shield engraved, VANGUARD BATTLE OF JUTLAND MAY 31ST 1916, Birmingham Hallmark; second with band attached, H.M.S. ARROGANT, Birmingham Hallmark, 1917, both by maker Frank Henry Mannox
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HMS Vanguard (1909), a battleship, commanded by Captain James Dick at Jutland. On 9th July 1917 she blew up at Scapa Flow killing 843 men, all but 2 of her entire crew; HMS Arrogant (1896), a cruiser, served as a depot ship for submarines during the Great War.
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