£160 - £200
Unofficial Guinea Pig Club Silver Sweetheart Brooch in original box. These were worn by families
of Sir Archibald McIndoe’s “Guinea Pigs” , a name given to servicemen who had received horrific
burns and underwent experimental plastic surgery. In 1941 a special ward known as “The Sty”
was set up in Ward III at Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, Sussex.
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