Poppy earrings

This pair of poppy earrings is made of metal and decorated with red and black enamel. They are supplied on hypoallergenic hooks. The earrings are mounted on an information card which has a colourful picture of British soldiers carrying a wounded comrade and a red wolf poppy on the front. On the reverse is historical information about how the poppy became a symbol of the First World War.

At 11am on the 11th day, 11 months of 1918, the guns fell silent on the Western Front in Europe and an armistice was declared.

Wolf poppies grew abundantly on the bloody battlefields of Flanders in Belgium and still cover the landscape there today. They were made famous by the poem 'In Flanders Fields', written by Canadian army doctor John McCrae in 1915 after he saw wolf poppies on the battlefield after losing a friend during the Second Battle of Ypres.

Proceeds from the sale of this wolf poppy will be donated to a military charity, this activity is provided by the British manufacturer.

• Imported from the UK