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Old 23-05-20, 11:02 AM
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Found with a number of Royal Navy trade badges
Printed red cross in side blue circle with blue D under on white backing
Grateful for any help in identification
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Old 23-05-20, 11:38 AM
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Old 23-05-20, 12:21 PM
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Initial thought was Dental then found this :

Badges Royal Navy Royal Fleet Auxiliary Royal Marines Stock List :

. Health Inspector. Royal Navy. Cloth. Embroidered blue on white. Red cross on a white ground. Letter ‘H’ below device.

. Health Physicist. Royal Navy. Cloth. Embroidered. Blue on white. Red Cross, white background in circle. Letters ‘HP’ below.

. Laboratory Technician. Royal Navy. Cloth. Embroidered blue on white. Red cross on a white ground. Letter ‘L’ below device.

. Physiotherapist. Royal Navy. Cloth. Embroidered. Blue on white. Red Cross, white background in circle. Letters ‘P’ below device.

. Medical Radiographer. Royal Navy. Cloth. Embroidered. Blue on white.Red Cross on white background in circle. Letters ‘R’ below.

. Mental Nurse. Royal Navy. Cloth. Embroidered. Blue on white. Red Cross, white background in circle. Letters ‘M’ below device.

. Pharmacy Dispenser. Royal Navy. Cloth. Embroidered. Blue on white.Red Cross, white background in circle. Letters ‘PD’ below.

. Registered General Nurse. Royal Navy. Cloth. Embroidered. Blue on white. Red Cross on white background. Letter ‘N’ below device.

. Medical Assistant. QARNNS & Royal Navy. Cloth. Embroidered. Blue on white. Red Cross on a white background within a circle. Letters ‘MA’ below.

But no 'D' below device .

Dental Hygenist : Dental Hygienist. Royal Navy. Cloth. Embroidered. Gold on blue. Circle.Letters 'DH' in centre.

Dental Surgery Assistant : Dental Surgery Assistant. Royal Navy. Cloth. Embroidered. Blue on white. Circle. Letters 'DSA' in centre.
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Old 23-05-20, 01:09 PM
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Mike many thanks for your help Like you Thought it may be dental related .To keep me sane in look down I've been collecting to the dental services of the R.N and R A F
For the navy I have found ,the following trade badges

Dental Hygienist I have two variations -there are quite a number
Dental Surgery Assistant 3 variation again a number of variations
Dental Nurse [D N ] none as yet
My son is a surgeon commander [medical ] but no point asking him

R A F only collars found from an excellent album on the forum
Posted photo on badge in gallery and my album
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David , I got the details for the Navy badges from a really useful site :

https://rmhistorical.com/files/conte...ock%20List.pdf
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Found it !

Royal Navy Sick Berth Attendant (Dental Attendant) 1949

Also Dental Nurse : Dental Nurse. Royal Navy. Cloth. Embroidered. Blue on white. Circle. Letters 'DN' in centre.

Regarding variations : White printed or Embroidered.Gold on blue.
Rank : Chief Petty Officer Crown above. Small.
..........Petty Officer Crown above. Large.


P.S While searching I found the Navy equivalent of my own qualification !

Royal Navy Sick Berth Attendant/Technician (Operation Room Attendant) 1949-65

> Army title O.T.T (Operating Theatre Technician)

> Old civilian title O.D.A (Operating Department Assistant)

> Current civilian title O.D.P (Operating Department Practitioner)
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Mike many thanks for all your effort and time in the identification I'm very grateful
David
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As stated above the Red Cross with 'D' below was indeed the badge of a 'Sick Berth Attendant (Dental Attendant)'. It was used from 1949 as previously said and stopped being worn in 1965 - just in case you wanted to know exactly when it was in use!

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Pete many thanks for the years of use, very helpful
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