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<p>[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 46293, member: 44"]Found it! The cross, wreath and "No Cross, No Crown" is a Salvation Army symbol. Gee, I should have guess sooner for that motto is on a "S" shaped banner across the wreath.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bidorbuy.co.za/item/174874931/SALVATION_ARMY_NO_CROSS_NO_CROWN.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bidorbuy.co.za/item/174874931/SALVATION_ARMY_NO_CROSS_NO_CROWN.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.bidorbuy.co.za/item/174874931/SALVATION_ARMY_NO_CROSS_NO_CROWN.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Several Salvation Army badges/emblems have a "S" wrapped around a cross. This particular badge might have been worn by a Boer War Salvation Army Chaplain??? The crown badge looks similar, but not identical, to Great Britain's WWI warrant officers' insignias; however their badges had a wreath around the crown.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bidorbuy.co.za/item/161260734/WW1_Warrant_Officers_Original_Silver_Colour_Badge_Crown_in_Laurel_Wreath_no_lugs.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bidorbuy.co.za/item/161260734/WW1_Warrant_Officers_Original_Silver_Colour_Badge_Crown_in_Laurel_Wreath_no_lugs.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.bidorbuy.co.za/item/161260734/WW1_Warrant_Officers_Original_Silver_Colour_Badge_Crown_in_Laurel_Wreath_no_lugs.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.samilitaria.com/SAM/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4888:4888&catid=4:militaria&Itemid=8" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.samilitaria.com/SAM/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4888:4888&catid=4:militaria&Itemid=8" rel="nofollow">http://www.samilitaria.com/SAM/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4888:4888&catid=4:militaria&Itemid=8</a></p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ladybranch, post: 46293, member: 44"]Found it! The cross, wreath and "No Cross, No Crown" is a Salvation Army symbol. Gee, I should have guess sooner for that motto is on a "S" shaped banner across the wreath. [URL]http://www.bidorbuy.co.za/item/174874931/SALVATION_ARMY_NO_CROSS_NO_CROWN.html[/URL] Several Salvation Army badges/emblems have a "S" wrapped around a cross. This particular badge might have been worn by a Boer War Salvation Army Chaplain??? The crown badge looks similar, but not identical, to Great Britain's WWI warrant officers' insignias; however their badges had a wreath around the crown. [URL]http://www.bidorbuy.co.za/item/161260734/WW1_Warrant_Officers_Original_Silver_Colour_Badge_Crown_in_Laurel_Wreath_no_lugs.html[/URL] [URL]http://www.samilitaria.com/SAM/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4888:4888&catid=4:militaria&Itemid=8[/URL] --- Susan[/QUOTE]
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