A.S. BADGE

[Alan O]

Can anyone ID this. A.S. School OTC?

[dubaiguy]

Arnold School OTC
Cheers
Mark

[dubaiguy]

Quite scarce. Bosleys sold one in Jan 2009.
M

[Alan O]

OTC or cadet corps?

There is a subtle difference.

1940 Army List has it as a Cadet Corps which would explain why it is not in K&K's chapter on OTCs. They were RA affiliated in 1940.

[dubaiguy]

Alan
If someone has a copy of Rawlings it is ref 110.
It may shed light if it is OTC or Cadets.
(I have logged mine as OTC, but confess I didn't research it).
Mark

[49lassiepen]

hi RAWLINGS-Arnold school house [Loyal Regt]
Cloth Arnold school/ccf [B.R ]
Cloth Arnold school/c.c.f [R.B ]
Regards David

[Nozzer]

Hi Alan,

I have had a look through my copy of Rawlings book and your badge is illustrated as #99 A S (I assume ARNOLD SCHOOL?), but doesn't state OTC or otherwise.

#96 ARNOLD HOUSE SCHOOL (LOYAL REGT), but I can see no illustration.

#97 and #98 mention ARNOLD SCHOOL / CCF cloth shoulder titles, but again no images.

I hope this is of some help,

Andy

[carl pierce]

http://www.amounderness.co.uk/blackp...ets_1940s.html


maybe these pictures will help

[Alan O]

Went for £80 so wait for its reappearance on a dealer's website sometime soon no doubt.

[Alan O]

[/URL]https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/42247

In WW1 the school was known as Arnold House School and the badge had AH in it.The badge in post 1 is missing the H so post dates the war memorial and the school was still AHS in 1923 for certain.

However it's possible that the H has been removed for the die so I am no clearer as to whether this was 1930s or 1950s but I am leaning towards post WW2 and CCF.



https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...ctureid=186821

[Alan O]

https://play.google.com/books/reader...RA2-PA28&hl=en

And here is Arnold House School Cadet Corps in 1936 when it was affiliated to the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment before the switch to the RA c. 1940.