Royal Aeronautical Society - British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum

billy · #1 27-02-23, 04:53 PM

Hi picked this badge up, it is Hallmarked to? year. V & S —— Anchor ~ Lion ~ K

Rear is etched to a Mrs Con Banks, now I did look to see what Google threw up on this and a short History is humongous! goes on for pages & pages, gave up!

Has anyone come across one of these before? The engraving looks to be quite new? any ideas would be welcome, many thanks in advance Billy

Home Guard · #2 27-02-23, 05:05 PM

Maybe related to Hot Air Ballooning???

Terry

mike_vee · #3 27-02-23, 05:12 PM

Hallmark is 1984 , V&S is probably Vaughton & Sons.

Chairman of the Bristol Branch is Mr. Conrad Banks , so badge may have belonged to his wife ?

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billy · #4 27-02-23, 06:02 PM

Thank you Mike, so badge would be Silver with a Gold overlay I presume? Badge is nice and 1984 is a good starting point but opens up a hell of a lot of Aero related topics!