ASC which badge

[iain]

Hi. Could anyone please tell me what type of badges a W.O of the ASC would have worn in the 1st ww please, following the selling of my RB badges i got withdrawal symptoms so started a small .. family and extended family badges ww1 upto now these inc. R.B. MGC, Connought rgs, coldstream, ASC , 5 S.Lancs, York and lancaster,what else remains to be found . found a interesting picture of the WO on horse back with two officers he seems to be wearing a conductors badge on his arm.
Iain

[Mike_2817]

WO1 'Staff Sargeant Major Class One ASC' wore the same badge as WO1 'Conductor AOC' It was not till 1918 that they both started to wear the 'Royal Arms in Wreath' before that they wore the 'Crown in Wreath' since 1900

So during WW1

Staff Sargent Major Class One ASC wore a 'Crown in Wreath' untill October 1918 when he changed to 'Royal Arms in Wreath'

and

Staff Sargeant Major ASC a Large Crown untill February 1915 when he started to wear the 'Royal Arms'

The 'Large Crown' became the badge of the Warrant Officer Class II in February 1915

[iain]

Thanks Mike,and cap and colls would have been normal brass ASC cypher in the centre.