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Help identifying old school badges

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edfielden

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Hi folks, first time poster here.

I am currently going through my grandmother's belongings (she passed away in June and we are clearing the house). Among the items I've come across are two metal badges I can't identify. Searching online for the maker's name on the back ("Fattorini") reveals they made school badges. Given that both my grandmother and grandfather were born and grew up in Erdington I wondered if I might ask here for some help identifying where they may have come from! They are approximately an inch wide and have no date on them, so I can't be sure whether they are my grandparents' or my great-grandparents' (who also came from Birmingham). The picture is below and I've searched all the ways I can think of online to find where they're from but have turned up nothing so far!

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I have a couple of other badges from the 1910s and 1920s from the Birmingham Works Amateur Football Association and a Bowls League - but I'll post those in the appropriate place to see if anyone knows the story behind them!

Ed
 
Hi ed sorry can't help with what school they're from but this is where they were possibly made, Thomas Fattorini LTD Frederick st Birmingham Jewelry Quarter..jpg Michael, PS Welcome to the Forum.
 
The badge with "Hold Fast" and the symbol may have been given out at Sunday School. In biblical terms "Hold Fast" means if you are a Christian hold on to your faith.
Several references in the Bible. I have seen the symbol somewhere but am not sure where. I taught Sunday school for a few years.
 
Hi jenny
That must be a first I went to Sunday school and I don't think for a. Moment that we was never given one
I went for years I only got the straw crosses on good Friday or should I say psalm Fridays
When do you think these was first given out I also was in the Aston parish church choir for years and at the dyson hall church
And at the dyson hall Sunday school for years I was involved with the church for years and collecting with money boxes collections
Have a nice day jen, best wishes Alan astonian,,,,
 
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