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By Cadmore Auctions
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Mar 7, 2022
3 Station Close, Potters Bar EN6 1TL
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LOT 39:
Unofficial Guinea Pig Club Silver Sweetheart Brooch in original box. These were worn by families of Sir Archibald ...
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180
Estimated price :
£180 - £250
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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.
