Emmanuel School OTC

[Keith Blakeman]

If anyone has a cap or collar would they be kind enough to measure it for me. I have a badge which is 35mm wide x 33mm high, bought as a collar but it appears a bit on the big side.
Many thanks.

[2747andy]

Keith,
35 mm (N-S) x 31 mm (E-W)..

I'm sure mine is a cap badge.

[Keith Blakeman]

Originally Posted by 2747andy

Keith,
35 mm (N-S) x 31 mm (E-W)..

I'm sure mine is a cap badge.

Thanks Andy,

That's the one in KK? Mine is completely different, nickel with a portcullis on a torse with a small rose at the top. This is the same as the emblem on the gates of the current school in Wandsworth which I went past yesterday. Mine probably is a collar then or possibly a later CCF badge.

[Sonofacqms]

By a strange coincidence I bought a similar badge in gold gilt with a brooch fitting. I do have one like the one Keith described with loops.

I put mine down as a sweetheart brooch, although I have never really encountered sweethearts to the OTC, do they exist?

Forum members views would be appreciated.

Rob

[Postwarden]

As an ex-member of the Emanuel CCF (please note one M) I can confirm that in the early 1960s the CCF collar badge was simply a portcullis with a rose above as worn on the school blazer pocket - in white metal for officers and brass for cadets. I have some photos somewhereof the OTC in the 1930s and if I can find them I'll check what was being worn on the collars.

Postwarden

[Keith Blakeman]

Originally Posted by Postwarden

As an ex-member of the Emanuel CCF (please note one M) I can confirm that in the early 1960s the CCF collar badge was simply a portcullis with a rose above as worn on the school blazer pocket - in white metal for officers and brass for cadets. I have some photos somewhereof the OTC in the 1930s and if I can find them I'll check what was being worn on the collars.

Postwarden

Thanks for the confirmation, I'll post a picture as soon as I have it. Apologies for the misspelling of the name, I ought to know better. We used to play Emanuel at football and cricket.

[Alan O]

Originally Posted by Keith Blakeman

If anyone has a cap or collar would they be kind enough to measure it for me. I have a badge which is 35mm wide x 33mm high, bought as a collar but it appears a bit on the big side.
Many thanks.

http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/for...ctureid=150227

This one is 40mm by 40mm

[Postwarden]

Alan,

This photo may help. It appears to show the Rose and Portcullis without a scroll, a badge that was worn on the battledress collar in the 1960s.

Jon