A British Badge?

[Norstrom]

Hi out there!

Can anyone help me to identify this old badge? I have tried to look into other countries army badges without any success. I have seen the"M" in British badges before.

It´s a Naval one but what will the tools and the feathers doing there? 

[Terry37]

Not one I recognize or find in any of my reference books. Looks like some kind of Naval Construction badge.

 

Terry

[Farkas]

Miners? Navy or marine sappers/miners?

 

tony 🍻

[Norstrom]

On 10/11/2024 at 19:41, Terry37 said:

Not one I recognize or find in any of my reference books. Looks like some kind of Naval Construction badge.

 

Terry

Thanks for answer!

On 10/11/2024 at 21:11, Farkas said:

Miners? Navy or marine sappers/miners?

 

tony 🍻

 

Thanks for answer!

 

[ChrisKelly]

"Sleeve badges, Czechoslovakia, 1919

The new uniform regulation was approved by the MNO on August 1, 1919. It introduced a number of new elements that were supposed to fundamentally change the appearance of the soldier. There were numerous inspirations from the equipment of the allied armies, especially from the French army. In particular, the new khaki color, which was used on British and American uniforms, and which determined the color form of army uniforms for the next several decades, was essential. The new regulation also brought widespread use of the linden leaf symbol, which appeared on the collars of generals and staff officers, on cap badges and on a number of sleeve badges.

 

Sleeve badges for expertise and specialized units were also newly introduced. The badges, most often circular in shape, were minted from white metal for the team, for officers, midshipmen and sergeants without a rank class embroidered on a khaki pad with a silver dragon. The badges for the staff hundredths were cloth, colorfully embroidered. Some of these aesthetically very successful badges were used for several years after their cancellation, but they were worn illegally, especially on the away uniforms of the team, which always managed to find a different decoration.

 

The item is part of the original collection of the Resistance Memorial."

 

Sources:

 

https://www.vhu.cz/exhibit/rukavove-odznaky-ceskoslovensko-1919/

 

http://www.nume.cz/salova-aukce/cns-praha-59-2149