Volunteer Training Corps
Apologies; late to the thread...
This is a VTC (or pre-VTC, to be precise) badge for WW1 home front volunteers. It appears in Ernest Martin's article in the Society for Army Historical Research, where he states it is "a similar, but much smaller, organisation to the Athletes."
Whereas the Athletes VF had affiliated corps in many cities, many with their own badges, I have not come across any for the British Legion (although there was a Manchester legion of Volunteers).
Rather like the National Volunteer Reserve, there is precious little documentation surrounding the British Legion. I suspect they were both initially eclipsed by the AVF before being swept up into the VTC.
Best regards,
Tim
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