Badges of Rank
The badges were awarded for recruiting new members to the cause, they could not be purchased.
To become a Blaster 25 members were needed to be recruited
Tornado - 100 members
Monsoon - 500 members
Grand Typhoon - 1000 members - these were gold cufflinks - not yet seen - are there any out there ?
Blaster Badge Tornado badge Monsoon badge
Silver with blue enameling Silver with red and blue enameling Silver with amber and blue enameling
Picture courtesy of Brian Kilimister Picture courtesy of Steve Gane Picture courtesy of Robert Easter
Early Blaster and Tornado badges of Rank were enamel on
solid silver - later badges were EPNSsilver plate on brass, the
materials used for the monsoon badges are not known - be they
early or later.
Some high ranking members had their badges displayed on a medal bar, although these were smaller in size than singular badges.
Badge Bar of Monsoon W.O. Hilderley Comparison of badge bar to badges
Pictures courtesy of Steve Gane
The badges were manufactured by the Birmingham Medal company who also offered to have them "welded" on to the AOFB silver plated Tankard for a charge of 1/- ( one shilling , 12 old pence { 5 new pence} ).
Poor quality, but it is a photo of a picture.
From the wall of the Frothblowers Arms in Salisbury.