Shambam1962 Posted June 26, 2023 Report Share Posted June 26, 2023 I hope this is posted in the correct section. I’ve had my badge since I joined and started shooting in the late 1970s. I see lots of copies supposedly advertised as genuine, but it got me thinking how many different styles was manufactured over the WAGBI era. I see quite a few different styles of geese on the badges. I also have a Wildfowlers Association badge which I can’t recall, how I came by and know nothing about. Any information is appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westley Posted June 26, 2023 Report Share Posted June 26, 2023 Never really noticed if before. I have some lapel badges and a car radiator badge somewhere, if I can find them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedward Posted June 26, 2023 Report Share Posted June 26, 2023 No help at all, but here’s mine from the same era - early 70’s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shambam1962 Posted June 26, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2023 A better photo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Boggy Posted June 26, 2023 Report Share Posted June 26, 2023 1 hour ago, Shambam1962 said: I hope this is posted in the correct section. I’ve had my badge since I joined and started shooting in the late 1970s. I see lots of copies supposedly advertised as genuine, but it got me thinking how many different styles was manufactured over the WAGBI era. I see quite a few different styles of geese on the badges. I also have a Wildfowlers Association badge which I can’t recall, how I came by and know nothing about. Any information is appreciated. Your one on the left looks similar to my one (first photo) which was given to me by Angela Humphreys, the widow of the late John Humphreys and I understand it to be a fairly early one, whereas, my second photo shows a later one or possibly not authentic as it appears to be poorly made. Your `Wildfowlers Association` badge was perhaps a precursor to it being called WAGBI. It does look to be original and of good manufacture. OB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shambam1962 Posted June 26, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2023 Thank you Old Boggy for your information . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted June 26, 2023 Report Share Posted June 26, 2023 I have a big one (?) on a shield, awarded for a gun dog working test somewhere, in 1975. Also have cuff links, a tiny lapel pin badge and larger lapel/cap badges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted June 26, 2023 Report Share Posted June 26, 2023 16 minutes ago, London Best said: I have a big one (?) on a shield, awarded for a gun dog working test somewhere, in 1975. Also have cuff links, a tiny lapel pin badge and larger lapel/cap badges. A nice dark yellow dog, before they became fashionable and 'foxy'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted June 26, 2023 Report Share Posted June 26, 2023 Just now, Penelope said: A nice dark yellow dog, before they became fashionable and 'foxy'. My first lab, my only yellow, and my only lab dog. All the rest have been black bitches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old farrier Posted June 26, 2023 Report Share Posted June 26, 2023 A friend showed me his one the year of the great flood and I believe the first club to be part of wagbi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted June 26, 2023 Report Share Posted June 26, 2023 5 minutes ago, Old farrier said: A friend showed me his one the year of the great flood and I believe the first club to be part of wagbi Now! That’s an interesting one. HER? Humber Estuary Reserves? (Wild guess) Do tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pushandpull Posted June 26, 2023 Report Share Posted June 26, 2023 Hull and East Riding WA, founded 1953 and given permission to use the WAGBI logo as a nod to Duncan. They have an informative website. There were actually one or two clubs affiliated to WAGBI before the war, including Blakeney as I recall. Most WAs were formed in the post-war years when men returning from the war found they had to fight for their way of life as the 1954 Wild Bird Protection Act went through Parliament. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted June 26, 2023 Report Share Posted June 26, 2023 @Pushandpull Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pushandpull Posted June 26, 2023 Report Share Posted June 26, 2023 OP, I have sent you a PM which may be helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shambam1962 Posted June 26, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2023 I contacted Nigel Amos at Gedney Drove End Wildfowlers who collects WAGBI badges and has a wealth of knowledge and was very helpful. He informed me of the different sizes in pin and button hole and plain brass one. There is also a WAGBI badge with a duck on it which is quite scarce. The rarest WAGBI badge is the claret which is blue and red. The Wildflowers Association badge has 2 as my photo in pin and button hole. There is also a plain brass one. The oldest ones have a coot looking duck on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pushandpull Posted June 27, 2023 Report Share Posted June 27, 2023 Good result and interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted June 27, 2023 Report Share Posted June 27, 2023 I just dug out my WAGBI cuff links and small lapel pin badge, which is the same size as cuff links. Two thoughts occurred to me. 1) The youngest WAGBI badge must now be well over 40 years old. 2) I have never had a BASC badge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krico woodcock Posted June 27, 2023 Report Share Posted June 27, 2023 19 hours ago, London Best said: I have a big one (?) on a shield, awarded for a gun dog working test somewhere, in 1975. Also have cuff links, a tiny lapel pin badge and larger lapel/cap badges. Good solid looking lab there London best. Looks a proper honest dog, and obviously was! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted June 27, 2023 Report Share Posted June 27, 2023 10 minutes ago, Krico woodcock said: Good solid looking lab there London best. Looks a proper honest dog, and obviously was! Thank you. Ben lived to be 8 weeks short of 16. He worked until he was over 13. He never ran in even once in his life. To be honest, I over-trained him to the point where he relied on me for directions too much and didn’t use his initiative. I didn’t realise it at the time until I got a second lab 6 years later but he didn’t have the best nose. Nevertheless, he put a lot of game in the bag, from snipe to geese and everything in between. He didn’t look it, but was 100% show bred! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krico woodcock Posted June 27, 2023 Report Share Posted June 27, 2023 2 hours ago, London Best said: Thank you. Ben lived to be 8 weeks short of 16. He worked until he was over 13. He never ran in even once in his life. To be honest, I over-trained him to the point where he relied on me for directions too much and didn’t use his initiative. I didn’t realise it at the time until I got a second lab 6 years later but he didn’t have the best nose. Nevertheless, he put a lot of game in the bag, from snipe to geese and everything in between. He didn’t look it, but was 100% show bred! Good stuff, you gave him a good life so London best.. show bred lab 50 years ago would have been alot different to one today, as he obviously had alot of working genes, instinct in him,just as a working labrador would have have been different 50 years ago, to modern working, and also same applies to springers.. sorry for going off track from original thread!! Just I'm always interested in history of dogs.. my late father always had a labrador for duck shooting back in that era, I have photographs of them, big strong competent dogs that just got the job done. Always relished to listening to stories of them pulling off mighty retrieves, they seemingly had no problem diving after wounded ducks. Good honest dogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moongeese Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 Following this topic, a few pictures of badges that get a mention, the very rare Claret , the flying coot, from the foundation of WAGBI , and the flying mallard which there are a few going about, and must have had a batch or two made at some point, as a trial new design. The rarest item in my Wildfowling WAGBI collection is the metal nameplate from Stanley Duncans puntgun ammunition box. The flying mallard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shambam1962 Posted June 30, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 Thanks moongeese for posting the photos, that’s brilliant. I did try finding some photos but couldn’t find any online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenshank1 Posted July 1, 2023 Report Share Posted July 1, 2023 That’s great history and really interesting to see the different types of badges . I was giving this Wagbi , Know your quarry leaflet recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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