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Mystery thing. Picture taken today. Brooch dates from around a century ago. Belonged to a relative of mine whose initials are engraved on the back. Probably not uncommon in Orkney in its time. Anyone recognise it?
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Wisdom and Loyalty, is it a school badge ?
Added by Cadalach on 04 May 2010
I'd have said 'Wisdom and Dutifulness, or Piety', but it's not exactly a school badge. The clue (if it can be called that) is in the 4 letters incorporated into the decoration and the lion rampant.
Added by Ian Hourston on 06 May 2010
With the rampant lion and the thistle motifs, this badge is anxious to be recognised as Scottish. The letters E P T C in the corners stand for Edinburgh Provincial Training Centre, the official name of Moray House teacher training college. I presume the badge was awarded to graduates of the college, but I haven't been able to discover anything else about it. Given that many Orkney schoolteachers were Moray House trained, the badge would surely have been 'not uncommon' in Orkney, as I said at the start. This one is hallmarked Edinburgh 1910.
Added by Ian Hourston on 12 May 2010
I'm disappointed that no-one has come forward to say, "My Granny had one of those!" Or, even better, "And I've got it now." Descended from a teacher of a couple of generations ago? Rummage in those old boxes and you'll probably find one.
Added by Ian Hourston on 22 May 2010
Stromness
