WW1 DOLLAR ACADEMY , 7TH ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND BONNET
 

HI Guys
I picked this up yesterday A WW1 period DOLLAR ACADEMY , 7TH ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND WWI TAM O SHANTER in fairly good condition for a rare bit of kit thought you chaps would like to see it Steve

Interested in this as a distant relative was a cadet and later died at High Wood with 1st Cameronians. When did the badge you show go out of use? I thought the large OTC shield type badge was in use before The Great War? Regards, Paul.

http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/for...p?albumid=1602

Dollar Academy became an OTC in Sep 08 so I would expect this badge to be replaced in 1909.

So they wore a Tam o' Shanter before it was introduced to the army in 1915?

Rgds, Thomas.

Has the badge been encountered faked at all? One just sold on ebay-went for less then I thought it would, but seller in South Africa. Regards, Paul.
PS I have a Dollar Institution ST- anyone know if there was an Academy version?http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/for...ghlight=dollar
For interest- a picture of Dollar Cadets- undated- sent to me by the Academy about 10 years ago to see if I could spot my relative- who I think left in 1910.
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I don't think you can assume that the badge and the hat were together in 1908.

The 7th VB also became a TF Bn in 1908 so VB badges were alao replaced from that year.

However this is not to say that the old badge did not remain in use. The 1911 Army List shows the OTC as belonging to Dollar Institution.

Westlake ST book states Dollar Academy, Formed as Dollar Institution, redesignated in 1921. I wonder if he meant the ST or the school. If school then the large shield D A badge might be post 1921. Regards, Paul.

http://www.worldwar1schoolarchives.o...01/1916_12.pdf
Words Academy and Institution both used in mid war editions of the school magazine. This one includes a picture of my relative Robert Macleod Laing. Regards, Paul.

There is an example of the cap badge for sale on the Buywyze website for only £450.

P.B.