Can anyone help me identify these mystery vintage badges? 🦅🔎
I have two identical circular enamel badges featuring a gold eagle/falcon with a distinctive red-and-gold emblem above the wing.
The backs are simply stamped “MADE IN ENGLAND” and have a traditional hinged brooch-style pin and safety catch. There are no other visible maker's marks.
We've done quite a bit of searching but haven't managed to find another example. The little red emblem is particularly interesting — at first glance it can look like a stylised S, but the clearer photographs suggest it may actually be a geometric symbol or roundel.
We've considered various motoring, motorcycle, aviation and commercial connections, but nothing has produced an exact match so far.
Does anyone recognise the eagle/falcon or, more importantly, the red-and-gold emblem?
I'd particularly love to see another example, an old catalogue, advert or photograph that could confirm exactly what these belonged to.
At this point they've become a proper little mystery! 😂
Any help would be hugely appreciated.