British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum

Recent Books by Forum Members

   

Go Back   British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum > British Military Insignia > Schools, OTC and Cadets

 Other Pages: Galleries, Links etc.
Glossary  Books by Forum Members     Canadian Pre 1914    CEF    CEF Badge Inscriptions   Canadian post 1920     Canadian post 1953     British Cavalry Badges     Makers' Marks    Pipers' Badges  Canadian Cloth Titles  Books  SEARCH
 
 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #1  
Old 28-02-09, 08:55 PM
badjez's Avatar
badjez badjez is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Hervey Bay QLD Australia
Posts: 2,438
Default Bancrofts School anodised badges

So far I have searched in vain for an anodised Bancrofts School badge. My presumption for its existance is Peter Taylor's book. I tried to look for Chris Marsh's photos but have lost the link somehow.
The only Bancrofts I have found have been a poor GM version and what I thought was a nasty cast shiny metal re-strike specimen. I say 'thought' because I have recently seen Keith Rawlings 2001 publication on OTC, CCF, ACF items. In it he mentions a 'cast anodised alluminium'. Could this be the same as my nasty badge?
This leads me on to wonder about the Perse School and Merchant Taylor's School anodised badges listed by Peter. I have specimens of these also in this nasty material but have never seen a proper anodised version. Badges for other OTC also exist in this material, such as Leys School and Stamford School.
Two questions for the Forum membership:
1) Do true anodised specimens exist in your collections? If they do please may I have a scan of them.
2) What is the origin of the shiny badges aforementioned? Are they 'restrikes' or have CCF units had a source of supply unused by the MoD?

Attached are scans of the front and rear of my two Bancrofts badges, together with a proper anodised badge for comparison. I apologie for the quality in advance, but my flatbed scanner isn't great.
Regards, Stephen.
Attached Images
File Type: jpg Bancrofts aa reverse.jpg (14.9 KB, 49 views)
File Type: jpg Bancrofts aa front.jpg (36.2 KB, 97 views)
Reply With Quote
 


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

mhs link

All times are GMT. The time now is 02:41 PM.


Powered by: vBulletin
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.