Vintage Arabian Niello Compact Mirror Inscription " WENDY " 1940s WWII ALLIED FORCES MEMORABILIA charms More beautiful vintage compacts

More beautiful vintage compacts

The inner lid is engraved with a pretty little flower and Bon Voyage in elegant script

Rimmel Stay Matte

Measures 9

The original mirror sticker reads SILVER PLATED Lid & Base

Vintage Arabian Niello Compact Mirror Inscription " WENDY " 1940s WWII ALLIED FORCES MEMORABILIA charms More beautiful vintage compactsA lovely vintage Arabian niello compact mirror. The base bears the inscription WENDY FROM IRAQ This compact was crafted by an Arabian silversmith as a memento for an Allied serviceman serving in the Middle East during World War Two. Vanities were a particularly popular gift which were sent or brought home by the allied servicemen service in Iraq and elsewhere in Arabia. These were purchased as love tokens for their wives or girlfriends. The lid is