what badge is this?

[rachael]

123.jpgI bought a military hat yesterday, the badge on the front has a bird and an anchor on the front, i have posted some pictures in the Royal Navy section under the heading "bought this at a church sale" can anyone help me identify it plaese.

Thank you
Rachael

[wright241]

Originally Posted by rachael

Attachment 6929I bought a military hat yesterday, the badge on the front has a bird and an anchor on the front, i have posted some pictures in the Royal Navy section under the heading "bought this at a church sale" can anyone help me identify it plaese.

Thank you
Rachael

Royal Navy Air Service ?

[Stanley_C_Jenkins]

Could it be the RAF Air Sea Rescue Branch - the unit which featured in the classic 1950s war film "The Sea Shall not Have Them".

[David Tremain]

I've only ever seen the cloth arm badge illustrated, which looks nothing like that. It has an air-sea rescue launch on it with, I think, ASR and a wave pattern.

Glad someone else has heard of that film. Haven't seen it in years. Thought it was a good film. It was filmed off the coast of Felixstowe in Suffolk where there was an air-sea rescuse base until sometime in the Fifties.

[David Tremain]

I've only ever seen the cloth arm badge illustrated, which looks nothing like that. It has an air-sea rescue launch on it with, I think, ASR and a wave pattern.

Glad someone else has heard of that film. Haven't seen it in years. Thought it was a good film. It was filmed off the coast of Felixstowe in Suffolk where there was an air-sea rescue base until sometime in the Fifties.

[rachael]

I have been told it might be an officer cadet badge? can anyone tell me if there is a list of these?

Thank you