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LOT 201:
WW2 Guinea Pig Club Silver Sweetheart Brooch in original box. These were worn by the servicemen and families of Sir ...
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170
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£170 - £200
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WW2 Guinea Pig Club Silver Sweetheart Brooch in original box. These were worn by the servicemen and families of Sir Archibald McIndoe’s “Guinea Pigs” a name given to those 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.
