Identity area
Reference code
2019.172.2
Title
Metal and Enamel Blazer Badge
Date(s)
- undated [1950-1969] (Creation)
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1
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Archival history
Attached to Bukta Black Wool Blazer.
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Scope and content
Metal badge in the shape of a shield with a ribbon underneath and the phrase 'Labore et Honare'. Part of the badge is enamelled in black. The back has a crescent shaped pin with 'B'Ham Medal & Badge Co. Ltd Albion St Birmingham' engraved on it. The coat of arms is the same as that of the embroidered badge of the Bukta blazer, 2019.172.1.
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Note
Company located in Albion Street, Birmingham, 1941. 'Birmingham Medal and Badge Company Limited', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/organization.php?id=msib4_1217328161, accessed 18 Feb 2020]
Recorded as active 1953-1967. R. L. Gapper Papers, File A2/1, National Library of Wales.