Original, uncommon & apparently unrecorded WW1 WANDSWORTH V.T.C. Cap Badge with motto 'WE SERVE'
1.5" High x 1.2" Wide
On slider impressed with the maker's name 'SANDERS & Co - LONDON SW'
Note: Sanders & Co. Ltd were Jewellers, established in 1905 by Sidney Sanders & William Metherell. Their first shop was at 87 Streatham High Road & their 458-460 Brixton Road, South London branch opened circa 1908 to become the firm's headquarters - Click here
Following the outbreak of the Great War, the Wandsworth Volunteer Training Corps (VTC) was formed as a local defence unit in South London, county of Surrey, by men who were either too old to serve overseas or had essential jobs in reserved occupations
The newly formed Central Association of VTCs was officially recognised as its administrative body in November 1914 & was formally prevented from interfering with recruitment into the Regular Army. In May 1915 the VTC was organised into county regiments & by June 1915 some 2,000 individual corps had appeared, numbering 590,000 volunteers
For more VTC details - Click here
Condition: GVF
