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Old 12-05-08, 06:42 AM
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Hi all !
Anyone able to tell me what this Badge is ??
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Old 12-01-09, 09:18 PM
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Hi all !
Anyone able to tell me what this Badge is ??
Cheers !
Steve
At a guess - a yacht club's, in some area with a thing for the Tudors.
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Old 13-01-09, 05:33 AM
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I think it's more likely to be a shipping line purser
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Old 13-01-09, 11:55 AM
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Not regular navy and I do not think Merchant I would go with a Yacht club and the clue could be in the flower, could it be a county device? Hampshire?
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Old 13-01-09, 12:12 PM
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Nice to see an interest being taken here, at last.
This is properly affixed on a standard type British Wren's dress cap, if that helps?
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Old 13-01-09, 01:51 PM
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yes it is CPO wren badge how about a guide or museum type badge for a naval base? It is not devonport do they wear anything in Pompey?
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Hi there, people seem confused with what this badge is, and there seems to be a bit of guess work going on! So I will give you a difinative answer: It is a Nautical Training Corps (NTC) Female Chief Petty Officers cap badge. The NTC is a nautical youth movement similar to the Sea Cadet Corps and based around East Hampshire and Sussex. I was the first ever CPO being promoted in 1982, the rank was created to provide a post between cadet petty officers and adult instrctor officers, ranks in the NTC followed Merchant Navy ranks from 4th officer up to Commodore. Badges were originally gold and made by a naval tailors (Shcimbarts I Believe) in Queen Street Portsmouth, it was later produced in blue for females to copy the Royal Navy who had blue badges for the Womans Royal Naval Service (Wrens) though I believe they have reverted back to gold now.the corps was started in 1945 by Frank Froest Carr a former sailor in the Royal Navy and RNR

The badge may be a rarer find because it is blue, gold versions are available from Kelly Militaria and quite amazingly an NTC Officers cap badge (advertised as old shipping line badge) sold on ebay recently for a huge sum, though it was in fact just a common a garden sea cadet badge!. I've included some images for your information.

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Old 24-06-09, 09:42 AM
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Tony.

Well done. Nice to see someone commenting from facts rather than indulging in guesswork which simply confuses the issue.

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