School Badge
1920-1929 (made)
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School badge, embroidered in red, white and yellow silks on black wool over an embossed linen backing. The badge combines the coats of arms of the cities of London and Westminster, each contained within an oval cartouche, and conjoined by a mace. It also carries the motto 'UNITATE FORTIOR', which was adopted for the United Westminster Schools (of which Westminster City School was one) in 1873. It is intended for attachment to a blazer pocket, and may well have been the original one attached to B.178-2000; its shape is that of a rounded rectangle with a smaller rounded element on top.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Embroidered wool with embossed linen |
| Brief description | School badge (Westminster City School uniform); England, 1920-29 |
| Physical description | School badge, embroidered in red, white and yellow silks on black wool over an embossed linen backing. The badge combines the coats of arms of the cities of London and Westminster, each contained within an oval cartouche, and conjoined by a mace. It also carries the motto 'UNITATE FORTIOR', which was adopted for the United Westminster Schools (of which Westminster City School was one) in 1873. It is intended for attachment to a blazer pocket, and may well have been the original one attached to B.178-2000; its shape is that of a rounded rectangle with a smaller rounded element on top. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | UNITATE FORTIOR (Textual information; Latin; obverse; embroidery; thread) |
| Credit line | Given by Richard Halsey |
| Object history | Used by the donor's father, Albert Kenneth Halsey (born 05/10/1912) of Fulham, who was awarded a scholarship to Westminster City School when he passed the '11 Plus' examination. He attended the school from 1924 to 1929, leaving after taking his school certificate. |
| Bibliographic reference | Carrington, R. :Westminster City School and Its Origins
London, Trustees of the United Westminster Schools Foundation and the Governors of Westminster City School, 1983. 102 pp, ill. |
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| Accession number | B.181-2000 |
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| Record created | February 19, 2001 |
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