[redwitch]

My father's Army patch from WWII is number two. Number one is a diamond ring. My mother and her family were in a German concentration camp during WWII. Like many, gems were sewn into their clothing. Being Aryan (Goebbels wanted my grandfather's estate outside of Berlin), they were not as thoroughly searched as were others, so managed to keep their gems. When there was a chance to escape, my mother was given the diamonds from a family tiara for bribes, etc. The one diamond she managed to save was put into a ring. So, this is the last piece of her family -- the rest never survived the camps (so far as we know).