South Staffs or Queen Mary's Grammar OTC

[dubaiguy]

I recently acquired a KC bronzed brass S Staffs badge on blades. It came with a few OTC badges that I was after and was listed as a Queen Mary's Grammar School OTC badge. Though I am doubtful.

Now there was a thread sometime back showing a Queen Mary's Grammar School OTC badge which was shown as a half Tudor rose on one half and a bound quiver of arrows within a half Staffs knot on the other. The same badge was/is also used as the school prefects badge which perhaps muddies the water a bit.

The bronze badge is a bit smaller that the usual South Staffs strike which hopefully you can see on the attached photo. So what do I have - a bronzed brass small variant OSD, a fake, or a Queen Mary's Grammar School OTC badge?
Mark

[Alan O]

Senior Cadets in the OTC wore SStaffs badges. I don't know what the officers (teachers) wore but presumably the bz one could be it,

[dubaiguy]

Thank you Alan. Then I shall keep it in the hope that that is what it is.
Thanks
Mark

[Peter Brydon]

The attached is from a book on Staffordshire military insignia and the co author , the late Jake Whitehouse had attended St. Mary’s , somewhere I have an article he wrote about that schools cadet units which I will post if and when I can find it, but no matter what other badges might have been worn at other times, the one illustrated , I am sure must have been worn at some time.

P.B.

[dubaiguy]

Thanks Peter, I will look forward to reading it if you manage to find it.

The badge illustrated for St Mary's is the one I tried to describe in post 1.

Thanks
Mark

[yorkstone]

St Mary’s Cap badge on loops I had put this in a safe place sorry for the delay posting this.

Regards

Stephen