WW2 British Royal Air Force RAF Emblem Sweethearts Handkerchief

For sale is a WW2 British Royal Air Force RAF Emblem Sweethearts Handkerchief.

 

These handkerchiefs will usually contain the emblem of military regiments, naval units, the Royal Flying Corps and the RAF, generally known as sweetheart handkerchiefs 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”. Widely sold in retail 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/ using handkerchiefs & brooches that matched the soldiers’ insignia.

 

 This will be sent via Royal Mail 1st class signed for and dispatched within two working days.