Permission to come on board ?
 

Hello All Hands, from sunny south of France ...
I will be pleased to share some infos with this forum ;
I am collecting cap badges designed for all people working at sea ;
that is to say :
- military navies from the entire world
- merchant marine compagnies
- auxiliary services and shore based activities (pilots, schools, aso ...)
- all periods (from the invention of the naval cap !)

this collection was started about 30 year ago when I lived in Paris, with some success in the flee markets - followed some years of lethargy after my move to Marseilles - and a recent rebirth of the collection thanks to internet !

Needless to say that I have not finished my quest !
However, be assured that my British corner is well supplied and again, I would be happy to share these matters ...

Anchor's aweigh ?

Permission most definitely granted alco. Welcome to the forum !:)

WELCOME
 

WELCOME, If you use ebay I entered OFFICER BADGES into the search and I came across quite a lot of Merchant Marine cap badges.
You may find some you require there :)
p.s. If you look at the Royal Navy threads, I have a couple there about the ADMIRALTY FIRE FORCE and COPENACRE FIRE PATROL ROYAL NAVY. Cab you help?/

'llo

Thanks for your warm welcome !

About ebay, I keep a reasonable watch on navy & marine badges
and I guess I have located this lot of Merchant Marine items from 'tommys308'
But I have a problem with this kind of 'repro industry' !!!
this matter should be developped in a future post ...

anyway, thank you for info !

About your proposition, do you have pics of these badges ?

All the best

alco, If you send me your email I will send pictures to you. I cannot put one of them here due to copy right.:)

hi mate, welcome aboard.
We are a few but very dedicated naval collectors here and we are ready to help.
cheers
GreatDane

'llo Engr

I guess I have located your posts related to these badges :
- http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/for...ad.php?t=12536
- http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/for...ad.php?t=12537

So I've seen the pics : thank you for your offer, but for now these badges are at the edge of my collection as I specialized in hand embroidered badges.

However, I do have some metallic badges if they came in a lot or if nothing else is available ...

(hope my english is understandable ;))

a+

Hi GreatDane,
Thank you for your friendly welcome.
How to find the navy specialists ? and how many are you then ?

Else, I hope to have time and opportunity to show my danish corner ...

a+

hi,
I don't know exactly how many we are, but less than 10 I guess (might be wrong here).
I think some of them will come forward if you have related questions or unidentified badges.
My main areas are the Danish Navy, Royal Navy and USNavy.
Great Dane

Ahoy shipper,
welcome aboard
Aye

Welcome to BCMBF Nice to have you on board, have an informative time,
and your contribution is appreciated.

Thank You for your time.

Still alive ?
 

Hello Mates,

My last post was in end 2011 and I had to disconnect for a long period of relegation in an ex-yugoslavian shipyard !

After that, I was terribly busy as part of the supporting-team of a new-building (every new ship is an adventure but especially a croatian one ;-))
Since then, my silence was the result of my legendary laziness !!

As my interest for the collection remained intact, I humbly request again permission to share informations from time to time with your noble assembly.

Many thanks and all the best …
Alco ......o|-}

Yes please.

Carry on.

Ex RN myself but working on WWI infantry badges at the moment.

You'll have a wealth of knowledge and assistance here.

Simon

Admiral Commerell & staff!

Wondered where have you been Alco??? Been missing you & your posts!

WELCOME BACK, & hope you are able to get posting again soon!

Very best wishes from HAWAII! I am not back in Canada until mid March......

Bryan

welcome