J.S TYE &CO ltd

[norfolk regt man]

Originally Posted by Ex Supt Clk RAOC

Jerry,

To my knowledge George S Tye & Co Ltd made badges for the following:

East Anglian Brigade
Home Counties Brigade
Edinburgh OTC
Sheffield OTC

The only one i do not have is the East Anglian Bde.

Home Counties is not that rare and can be picked up on E Bay for between £7 and £14.

Edinburgh OTC i have only ever seen 3 or 4 on offer. I paid £30 for mine a couple of years ago.

Sheffield OTC not often seen on offer. I got mine for a bargain price of £4 approx 3 years ago.

Generally i would say that there are several makers who manufactured Staybrite badges in the early days who only made maybe 4 or 5 badges and then the bigger players such as Gaunt and Firmin gained most of the contracts. So the early players such as Tye, Buttons Ltd, Turner & Simpson, Grove Mfg, R.A. Huges and lastly Shaw Munster Group are the manufacturers who are sought after by the serious Anodised Aluminium collectors. As Chris Marsh who wrote the book on AA badge collecting mentioned, a badge is only worth what a collector will pay for it. I have some rare badges in my collection and have paid anything from £7 for a very rare Pioneer Corps with a Tudor Crown to £150 for another badge. Sometimes you get lucky other times you have to pay through the nose if you want it.

There are several 'very rare' badges that i would love to own but know that if they come up i will have to dig deep into my pockets for. One is the wide pattern RAOC and the other i would like is the early Wiltshire Regiment with the AEA Cypher.

Hope this helps answer your question

Regards
Steve

Hi Steve, I am lucky enough to own the dies for the east Anglian brigade badge, the large one, which , as you probably know has four rivet fixings holding it all together, as opposed to two.

[grey_green_acorn]

Not quite what you are asking for but here is an Edinburgh University UTC (not OTC) KC badge in gold anodised maker marked H.W.TIMINGS LTD over B’HAM

Tim

[49lassiepen]

Re steve post Wiltshire AEA only purchase Grove mfg NOT Gaunt London
Also looking for the Anglian

[Mike H]

I have a photo ,i have seen the badge,had it in my hand. 100% genuine item. Its the only one ive ever seen and the only one i know off.

If i recall correctly,there are 2 anodised badges that i know exist but have never actually seen. Sheffield Uni UTC and South Lancs beret badge.

[Mike H]

Originally Posted by grey_green_acorn

Not quite what you are asking for but here is an Edinburgh University UTC (not OTC) KC badge in gold anodised maker marked H.W.TIMINGS LTD over B’HAM

Tim

Thats St Andrews Tim

[Ex Supt Clk RAOC]

Originally Posted by grey_green_acorn

Not quite what you are asking for but here is an Edinburgh University UTC (not OTC) KC badge in gold anodised maker marked H.W.TIMINGS LTD over B’HAM

Tim

Tim,
Very nice, one i am looking for, for my University collection.
Just 3 to go, Glasgow, Aberystwyth and Oxford Tudor.
Steve

[dubaiguy]

Front of Mike's Edinburgh OTC KC version shown in this thread, post 11.
https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...rgh+university
Thanks Mike for showing previously.

[grey_green_acorn]

Originally Posted by Mike H

Thats St Andrews Tim

So it is! Specsavers moment again!

Tim

[49lassiepen]

Steve re post 21 -3 to go ,are these all anodised ??
David

[Ex Supt Clk RAOC]

Originally Posted by 49lassiepen

Steve re post 21 -3 to go ,are these all anodised ??
David

Yes
Steve

[49lassiepen]

Steve. Added my board of University O T C badges in my album As you are aware not active in collecting to my general collection not seen the Aberystwyth in anodised
David

[Ex Supt Clk RAOC]

Originally Posted by 49lassiepen

Steve. Added my board of University O T C badges in my album As you are aware not active in collecting to my general collection not seen the Aberystwyth in anodised
David

David,
Very nice, i see you have the Queen's uni Pipers by Smith & Wright (in silver)
A nice collection, I only have one of each, i have not gone as far as you and collected one of each from each manufacturer.

Aberystwyth. Very very scarce. I am only aware of it because it appears in Chris's book, a photo on page 359 in the officer Training Corps chapter (21)

Steve

[Mike H]

I havent seen any of those 3 for sale anywhere in at least 5 years probaly closer to 10.
The Glasgow i presume is the TC(TA) version by Grove ? Thats the easiest of those 3 to find unless you are very lucky.

[Mike H]

Originally Posted by grey_green_acorn

So it is! Specsavers moment again!

Tim

Ive never seen an OTC version Tim. Various people have written it exists but im doubtful. St Andrews became part of Tayforth and the badge changed.to the one thats in use today. If you look very closely at the example shown in K&K ,that is the trial pattern in all silver ano ,non void with fleur de lys in the non void areas

[JerryBB]

I now have, including one in the post, at least one example by all the known makers except for T & S.

Originally Posted by Ex Supt Clk RAOC

Jerry,

To my knowledge George S Tye & Co Ltd made badges for the following:

East Anglian Brigade
Home Counties Brigade
Edinburgh OTC
Sheffield OTC

The only one i do not have is the East Anglian Bde.

Home Counties is not that rare and can be picked up on E Bay for between £7 and £14.

Edinburgh OTC i have only ever seen 3 or 4 on offer. I paid £30 for mine a couple of years ago.

Sheffield OTC not often seen on offer. I got mine for a bargain price of £4 approx 3 years ago.

Generally i would say that there are several makers who manufactured Staybrite badges in the early days who only made maybe 4 or 5 badges and then the bigger players such as Gaunt and Firmin gained most of the contracts. So the early players such as Tye, Buttons Ltd, Turner & Simpson, Grove Mfg, R.A. Huges and lastly Shaw Munster Group are the manufacturers who are sought after by the serious Anodised Aluminium collectors. As Chris Marsh who wrote the book on AA badge collecting mentioned, a badge is only worth what a collector will pay for it. I have some rare badges in my collection and have paid anything from £7 for a very rare Pioneer Corps with a Tudor Crown to £150 for another badge. Sometimes you get lucky other times you have to pay through the nose if you want it.

There are several 'very rare' badges that i would love to own but know that if they come up i will have to dig deep into my pockets for. One is the wide pattern RAOC and the other i would like is the early Wiltshire Regiment with the AEA Cypher.

Hope this helps answer your question

Regards
Steve