Badge [Despatcher]

Object detail

Accession number

2006.77

Maker

Stokes Badges

Description

Metal badge with "Despatcher" inscribed on it, semi-circular in shape. Badge has 2 loops on the back to hold a split-pin which can then be attached onto the uniform.

Marks

Despatcher Inscribed
Stokes & Sons Inscribed
DESPATCHER Logo
STOKES & SONS Maker's Mark

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Metal

Collection

Textiles Collection

Credit Line

Stokes Badges. Badge [Despatcher], 2006.77. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Classification

Insignia Badge, Insignia Communication Artefacts Personal Symbols Status Symbols

Production place

Melbourne Victoria Australia

Collection type

Tramways Transport

Subject auto tags

Font Jewellery Auto part Symbol Circle Metal Badge Bracelet Fashion accessory Wood

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Public comments

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Kia ora David, thanks for your comment. I've recorded this in the object record and linked the related photographs in the Walsh Memorial Library's collection which will now come up when you view the record.

- Curatorial Research posted one year ago.

Photos of the complete Despatcher badges being worn from the collection: 08/092/032 and 08/092/031

- David Cawood posted one year ago.

This is the lower part or scroll of an "Auckland City Corporation Tramways" "ACT Despatchers" hat badge. These were used well into the Auckland Transport Board and bus era. The top ACT emblem part of the badge is identical to Inspectors badge 2006.78 in the collection and I recall there are photos in the Library collection of one of these being worn.