WW1 Athletes’ Volunteer Force 1914 lapel badge, maker marked W.J. Carroll London fire service and a very attractive brooch

and a very attractive brooch for the 19th County of London (St Pancras Rifles)

specifically the Bavarian Feuerwehr-Ehrenzeichen für 25 Jahre Dienstzeit from the Weimar Republic era (post-WWI

Unusual to find a double bar Long Service award and Meritorious Service Medal for the Colonial fire service

Pre 1872 South Salopian Yeomanry Cavalry officers large 24mm gilt button made by JENNENS

badge 282150 was reissued

WW1 Athletes’ Volunteer Force 1914 lapel badge, maker marked W.J. Carroll London fire service and a very attractive broochAthletes Volunteer Force 1914 VTC lapel badge This is a gilt brass and blue enamel oval lapel badge for the Athletes Volunteer Force, part of the broader Volunteer Training Corps (VTC) movement that sprang up across Britain in the weeks immediately following the declaration of war in August 1914. After war was declared, there was an immediate demand for a means of service for men who were over military age or engaged in important occupations,