Mr Peter Marriner Posted 21 March Share Posted 21 March Does anyone have a photo of the solid silver badge that was awarded to the British Volunteers from Latin America ? The badge was round and contained the letters BVLA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matlock1418 Posted 21 March Share Posted 21 March Not round but diamond-shaped, however this might be it https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fcbap.ca%2Frailways%2FBVLA.JPG&tbnid=RvGbFHAw17R7YM&vet=12ahUKEwib9Mq5_oWFAxVQTaQEHXyyDSIQMygFegQIARA4..i&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fcbap.ca%2Frailways%2Fvolunteers.htm&docid=ELW2u4fnK-wLBM&w=733&h=468&q=bvla badge ww1&ved=2ahUKEwib9Mq5_oWFAxVQTaQEHXyyDSIQMygFegQIARA4 ??? M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAW Posted 21 March Share Posted 21 March Is there a roll of recipients of this badge? Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Peter Marriner Posted 21 March Author Share Posted 21 March 49 minutes ago, Matlock1418 said: Not round but diamond-shaped, however this might be it https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fcbap.ca%2Frailways%2FBVLA.JPG&tbnid=RvGbFHAw17R7YM&vet=12ahUKEwib9Mq5_oWFAxVQTaQEHXyyDSIQMygFegQIARA4..i&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fcbap.ca%2Frailways%2Fvolunteers.htm&docid=ELW2u4fnK-wLBM&w=733&h=468&q=bvla badge ww1&ved=2ahUKEwib9Mq5_oWFAxVQTaQEHXyyDSIQMygFegQIARA4 ??? M B Thanks for the photo. I do not know is a roll exists of the recipients. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry_Reeves Posted 21 March Share Posted 21 March Here is the roll: https://www.fcbap.ca/railways/volunteers.htm TR 5 minutes ago, Mr Peter Marriner said: B Thanks for the photo. I do not know is a roll exists of the recipients. Here is the roll: https://www.fcbap.ca/railways/volunteers.htm TR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAW Posted 21 March Share Posted 21 March A fantastic resource - thank you for posting. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Peter Marriner Posted 21 March Author Share Posted 21 March Thanks for the information. I got it wrong. The badge is diamond shaped and not round. If anyone knows of one for sale, could they please let me know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry_Reeves Posted 21 March Share Posted 21 March (edited) 13 hours ago, Mr Peter Marriner said: Thanks for the information. I got it wrong. The badge is diamond shaped and not round. If anyone knows of one for sale, could they please let me know? Peter I have a photograph of one of the men in the roll, Lt Col William Lowe Brown, taken in 1917 or 1918 but he is not wearing one. I do wonder how many men actually received them. TR Edited 22 March by Terry_Reeves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Peter Marriner Posted 22 March Author Share Posted 22 March Terry, My grandfather had his cloth patch, but not the silver badge. He worked for the Great Western Railway, who owned the Central Railway of Argentina. After the war, he decided to stay in England. I think this might be why he didn't get the silver badge. He is mentioned in the book 'The Activities of the British Community in Argentina During the Great War'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartH Posted 22 March Share Posted 22 March 24 minutes ago, Mr Peter Marriner said: He is mentioned in the book 'The Activities of the British Community in Argentina During the Great War'. A very fine book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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