Significance

Demonstrates the detail of the uniform of tramway/motorman workers.

Physical description

1940 - Cap Badge for a "Motorman". Made from a cast brass item, nickel plated to indicate the position held by the wearer on their cap as part of their uniform. Cast in the form of the handwritten or script word/s and underlined. On the rear, silver soldered on are two brass loops at either of the badge to enable it to be sewn or fitted with clips onto the cap.



On the back of the back of the badge in very small letters is the name of the manufacturer - Stokes & Sons / Melbourne. Same manufacturers logo as in Reg Item 1937.



Part of the ESCo company and possibly early SEC uniform. ESCo employee number on a special lapel bade - see Reg. item 1952. Not used by the SEC from 1940 - employee number on the cap but early SEC uniforms show them on the collar of the jacked - not known if this uniform adopted. See Reg. Item 1368 for photos of early SEC uniform showing badge on the neck.



Assumed collected by Les Denmead from materials left over from the ESCo era in the SEC offices.



1940.1 - Item - as above, with "Stokes & Sons" stamped into metal on rear of badge. Item ex SEC.



Item 1940.1 added 2/1/05.

Inscriptions & markings

BACK - Stokes & Sons