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Old 01-10-17, 05:56 PM
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Earlier today, I picked up a badges for the Central Association VTC with a pin back.

I can find various other examples on the internet with either a pin fastening or a buttonhole fastening. What I can't find though is why there are 2 variations.

Can someone please enlighten me?
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As a general rule, pin = for women and buttonhole = for men.

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I thought the VTC was for men only?? and women could join the VAD which may have attached itself to a local unit but had their own VAD badges.
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Thanks for that. I did wonder if the pin back was for women but, like Paul, I thought that the VTC was for men only.
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I did say as a General rule.

Early enamel VTC badges can be found with both fittings, my selection for Manchester do, so specifically for the VTC the male/female rule doesnt apply.

BUT

This is the Association, an organisation that no doubt had a support network of employees of which its fair to assume in wartime many would have been female.

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Thanks Simon, that sounds feasible.
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The VTC Central Association badge was designed by the artist Solomon J, Soloman who later in the Great War became involved in painting and designing camouflage on the Western Front.

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