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The large star is in fact that of an RQMS, pre 1915 worn on the lower arm above 4 inverted chevrons. Volunteers/Territorials NCO's proficiency badges had 4 points and Volunteers/Territorials efficiency badges had 5 points. The armourers badges appear to be on their sides? regards
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Simon Butterworth Manchester Regiment Collector Rank, Prize & Trade Badges British & Commonwealth Artillery Badges |
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Marc Last edited by 54Bty; 27-07-16 at 08:11 PM. |
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I posted the photos on a facebook group for signals instructors past and present and no one on there has ever heard of it either. That has a lot of former instructors, signals officers and warrant officers on there going back as far as the 50's so as you say it can't have been worn very much if they haven't heard of it. The one thing a few of them came back with was that it looked the the drivers trade badge which apparently was worn with 2 points up for a class 2 driver and 1 point up for the class 1. You'd think people who gained a distinction would have wanted to wear it and would have made the badge known. Thanks again, Michael |
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Good point, I was thinking of the old sweats wearing them and it catching on.
Do you know if it's still eligible to be worn now? |
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Simon,
Thanks for the comments, the armourer badges are indeed on their sides (someone else mounted them for me). Thanks also for the comments about the large star. I am sure I have seen a reference somewhere to its use in Australia some time in the 1930s but can't remember where. My oxidised one looks exactly like a pre-war Australian badge, not British pre-1914. I have an earlier British cloth one somewhere. |
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Skills badges 1904-current
For general interest -
A list of Australian skill-at-arms, proficiency and miscellaneous badges for rank etc. Dates are those that I have located for the item in dress regulations, Price List of Clothing, Priced Vocabulary of Clothing and Necessaries, AIF Orders, or newspaper adverts for suppliers. There are probably others, and there are references in documents such as PVCN 1928-29 to badges (with prices) for Badges, Linesman, Proficiency, Signal Units; and Badges Telegraphist or Telephonist, Proficiency, Signal Units. No idea what these entailed and there is no evidence that any were ever produced or worn. Haven't got around to adding the various materials for the band/musicians yet. Keith |
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Keith,
Some interesting ones on there, quite different to the badges from the UK. Thanks for showing us. regards
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Simon Butterworth Manchester Regiment Collector Rank, Prize & Trade Badges British & Commonwealth Artillery Badges |
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New Zealand military proficiency and efficiency badges closely followed British military regulations and British badges, and their brass badges were in most cases identical.
The 1889 NZ Dress regs list the star as an “efficiency badge.” The 1895 NZ Dress regs mentions that a star was to be worn below the crossed flags. The 1921 NZ Dress regs list a star as a “Judging Distance Badge." Would the combination of badges in post#1 have been worn by New Zealand military forces? I highly doubt it. From Kieth’s post #22, which mentions “STAR, 5-POINTED - Skill-at-arms, Distance judging, gilding metal (1914)” It could well be an Australian combination, but I am thinking theirs is also based on regulations designed by the British military. Hopefully Quicksilver will offer his thoughts. The following extracts were taken from a book published during WW1 in the UK by Ward Lock & Co. |
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