Questions about RN Trade Badges
Oddly I can find no record of any of these badges being used by the RN.
A badge with a single Torpedo was in use between 1903 and 1947. I can find no variant listed which had a crown above it.
Crossed Torpedoes - the only variants which existed with a crown above and 'something' below were the Torpedo Gunner's Mate (crown above, star below) and the Torpedo Coxswain (crown above, wheel below). Maybe a star or a wheel were stitched over the letter. No Crossed Torpedo badges with a crown above a letter are recorded as being issued - ever.
Crossed Flags - again there is no record of any badges being issued with this exact design.
Could they possibly be variants used by some Commonwealth navy?
Pete
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