Birmingham Emblem showing Trades and Coat of Arms

[David Hamme]

Some time ago I came across this large cast iron 22” diameter emblem, but am wondering if anyone on the forum can help identify where it came from.​

It shows the Birmingham coat of Arms, which I believe was used between about 1889 & 1936. It is surrounded by illustrations of various (Birmingham) trades and tools (stone mason, artist, drill / punch, fitting (spanner, tap wrench), loco, grinding wheel, vice, mobile crane, carpentry tools, blacksmiths anvil & hammer). The outer decorative ring could be considered to be a gear wheel.
There are also 4 holes which went right through, but have been filled in, and the back has had many layers of paint over the years including blue & green. One suggestion is that it was a gate boss fixed to large yard / factory type gates in the Birmingham Area.

If anyone out there can remember it, I would be really interested in learning about it and where it was fitted.
Thanks
David ​

 

[Radiorails]

If, as suggested, it once adorned a large gate my suggestion would be Metro-Cammell or BRCW. All the trades depicted could be found in such a place as those mentioned.

 

[David Hamme]

If, as suggested, it once adorned a large gate my suggestion would be Metro-Cammell or BRCW. All the trades depicted could be found in such a place as those mentioned.

Metro-Cammell is what I thought, but a person who worked there couldn't recall one (could have been taken off before he worked there). I also wondered about the BIF next to Castle Bromwich Station but have never seen any photos of the gates (if it had any). However BRCW could be a possibility.
My though that it was a gate boss may not even be right.
Thanks Alan for the suggestion. Hopefully someone may be able to confirm or disprove these thoughts.