Badge Collection (#15)

Two women police officers and a policeman, London
Two early women police officers and a policeman, London. They are (left) Beatrice Wills (nee Wakefield), (right) Alice Foscoe (nee Wills) both wearing the Stanley Uniform introduced in 1919

Woman police officer Sergeant Florence Hill, London, wearing the Stanley Uniform introduced in 1919. She joined the force in October 1919

Two women police officers, Bow Street, London
Two women police officers outside Bow Street Police Station, London. They are WPC Ivy Ellis (left) and Inspector Alice Bertha Clayden (right)

Woman police officer Beatrice Wills on duty, London
Beatrice Wills (nee Wakefield), an early woman police officer, seen here on duty in a London street. She joined the force in January 1919, and is wearing the Stanley Uniform, introduced in that year

Women police officers on parade, London
Women police officers on their first parade in London, wearing the new Stanley Uniform, taking part in a postwar Thanksgiving Service. Date: 1919

Two women police sergeants with Canadian troops, WW1
Two women police sergeants of the WPS (Women Police Service), King and Campbell, in a group photo with Canadian troops, some of them wearing kilts

Early woman police officer, Mrs Lornas Heenan, in uniform with peaked cap. Date: 1910s

Early woman police officer, Sub-Inspector Cooke, while on duty at Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. On her peaked cap is a badge, WPS, standing for Women Police Service. Date: 1910s

Early woman police officer with three WaFs, WW1
Early woman police officer (second left), member of the WPS (Women Police Service) formed at the start of the First World War, with three other women in WaF uniform. Date: 1914-1915

Women staff officers, Metropolitan Police, London
Group photo of women staff officers, Metropolitan Police, London: D Meeson Coates (Chief Inspector), Miss St John Partridge, M Damer Dawson (Chief Officer), Ms Allen (Chief Superintendent)

Photograph of British Soldier
Studio photograph of a British soldier in uniform. He is seated on a short wooden bench against a studio backdrop. He is holding his cap and a cane

Three men sitting in car outside Quex House
Photograph of three men sitting in a car outside Quex House. The car is a 1914 Standard, Models. The man in the driving seat is wearing a chauffers uniform

Matching Dress & Jacket
Simple yet elegant dress with large motif at the neck line created using braid embroidery is worn with a white jacket with matching motifs, roll collar & padded shoulders. Date: 1930s

Seth Ward - oval ENG
Seth War(1617 - 1689) English bishop and astronomer

Nat Lofthouse, Bolton Wanderers football player
Nathaniel (Nat) Lofthouse (1925-2011), Bolton Wanderers football player. Date: circa 1940s

Group photo on Cable Ship John Pender, Gibraltar
Group photo of officers on board the Cable Ship John Pender of the Eastern Telegraph Company, Gibraltar, July 1898. The names are, back row L-R: Grigon, Collinson, Tomlinson, Koszelski

V for Victory Brooch - Morse Code for V
V for Victory Brooch in worked (carved) plastic - a red letter V with a bar bearing the Morse Code for V. Date: circa 1941

Lighthouse keeper, Pendeen Lighthouse, Cornwall
Lighthouse keeper, Pendeen Lighthouse, West Cornwall. Date: 20th century

Cartoon, French aviator in a bar, WW1
Cartoon, a French aviator with two admiring women in a bar. Oh, he has some little wings! Yes, just like Cupid! Date: 1915

Marshals and Sherrifs, Marion, Ohio, USA
Veteran Marshals and Sherrifs at a memorial park in Marion, Ohio, USA. Date: circa 1910

Three Home Guard men, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Three members of the Home Guard, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Date: circa 1920

Badge of the Cunard British Line Ocean Liner RMS Mauretania
The Insignia/badge of the Cunard British Line Ocean Liner RMS Mauretania Date: 1922

The Back cover of a brochure for the Cunard Liner Mauretania
The golden Back cover of a brochure for the Liner RMS Mauretania, designed by Leonard Peskett and built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson for the British Cunard Line. Date: 1922

Sir Henry Keppel - British naval commander
Sir Henry Keppel (1809-1904), British naval commander and Admiral of the Fleet. Here he poses in the naval uniform. Date: 1898

Virginie Heriot, French yachtswoman
Virginie Claire Desiree Marie Heriot (1890-1932), French yachtswoman who won a gold medal in the 1928 Summer Olympics 8 metre class. Date: 1925

Youth club poster, Beatles night
Youth club poster advertising a Beatles night, alerting the girls in particular to the fact that four Beatle badges must be won. Details will be broadcast on Radio Glastonbury at 8pm. Date: 1960s

Advertisements in Great War Deeds, Illustrated London News
A page of three advertisements in Great War Deeds, a special panorama supplement produced by the Illustrated London News in 1915, featuring heroic actions of the First World War

Young woman in swimsuit at the seaside
Young woman in a swimsuit and bathing cap at the seaside. Date: circa 1920s

Boy sitting on breakwater reading a comic
A boy sitting on breakwater at the seaside reading a comic. Date: circa 1960s

Captain Geoffrey de Havilland, designer and pilot
Captain Geoffrey de Havilland (1882-1965), aircraft designer and pilot, in RFC uniform, standing in front of his Airco DH 9. Date: circa 1917-1918

Womens belt badges with classical scenes.. Handcolored lithograph from Fashions and Customs of Marie Antoinette and her Times, by Le Comte de Reiset, Paris, 1885

Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1640-1705, from an oil painting in the Germanischen Museum.. He wears a small badge of the Golden Fleece hanging from a gold chain

Studio portrait, uniformed man with dog
Studio portrait, a uniformed man with his dog. Date: circa 1910s

Group photo of men with a dog
Group photo of eleven men with a dog. Date: circa 1909

Studio portrait, man with Pekingese dog
Studio portrait, man sitting on a bench with a Pekingese dog, photo by Daniels, SW London. Date: circa 1910s

Studio portrait, family of three with two dogs, photo by E Tranter, Cape Hill, Smethwick. Date: circa 1920s

WW2 Christmas card, Balloon Barrage
WW2 Christmas card, 908 Squadron RAF, Balloon Barrage (based in Essex). Date: 1939

WW2 Christmas card, London Fire Force, NFS (National Fire Service). Date: 1941

WW2 Christmas card, ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service). With a mauve ribbon. Date: 1939

Little boy in HMS Orion cap and uniform, WW1
Little boy in a sailor suit and an HMS Orion cap, in a studio photo. Date: circa 1918

Four children playing on a Balham street, SW London. One boy seems to be blowing a raspberry at a girl wearing Girl Guides uniform. Date: circa 1961

Little boys with dog, Balham, SW London
Four little boys petting a cute dog, Balham, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Portrait of a boy scout, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: 20th century

Wooden casket, Freedom of Town of St Louis, Mauritius
A wooden casket representing the Honorary Freedom of the Town of Port Louis, officially awarded to the Mauritius Boy Scouts Association by the Municipal Council in December 1962

Suffragette W. S. P. U Badge Christabel Pankhurst (reverse)
Paper lapel reads, Votes for Women Womens Social & Political Union, 4 Clements Inn, Strand W.C. Reverse of portrait badge. Date: circa 1908

Suffragette W. S. P. U Badge Emmeline Pankhurst
Celluloid badge or button with a photograph portrait of Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, (made by Merchants Portrait Co.) for the Womens Social & Political Union. Date: circa 1908

Suffrage Badge N. U. W. S. S
Simple bar badge in metal with red enamelling and Womens Suffrage in gold letters. Probably issued by the National Union of Womens Suffrage Societies. Date: circa 1910

Suffragette Badge 1911 Census Boycott
Badge representing the 1911 Resistance to the Census movement. Members of the W.S.P.U, Womens Freedom League and the Womens Tax Resistance League

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