(RASE) Royal Agricultural Society of England - Local Governors Badge (1951)
The Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE) were founded in 1838 as the English Agricultural Society to “encourage and promote technical innovation and communicate practical knowledge of value to farmers”. The RASE were granted a Royal Charter in 1840 and in 1845 founded the Royal Agricultural College. In 1973, they also established the Rare Breeds Survival Trust. The RASE held their first Royal Show in 1839 and thereafter annually until these were discontinued in 2009.
Today, the RASE operate as a UK Registered Charity whose core roles are in the transfer of agricultural scientific knowledge, technology and best-practise to the farming industry and rural communities.
This badge would have been worn by a Local Governor to denote their status when attending council or other meetings of the RASE. Executive management of the RASE was vested in the President and the Council Members. Governors had no executive powers in the running of the RASE except the right to vote for a President, Vice-President, Trustees and Council Members of the RASE at their annual general meetings, the same voting rights extended to ordinary members also. Governors paid an annual subscription or a once-off Life Member subscription for the privilege. A separate badge would have been issued annually upon full payment of the subscription, hence they carry their year of issue.
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References:
www.rase.org.uk/index.php/about-us (RASE website - about the RASE, includes a link to their history).
archive.org/stream/cu31924001124803/cu31924001124803_djvu... (Scanned book contents about the RASE and how it operates, published 1878).
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Enamels: 3 (red, white & blue).
Finish: Tin or chrome plated.
Material: Brass.
Fixer: Pin.
Size: 1 1/8” x 1 5/16” (30mm x 33mm).
Process: Die stamped.
Imprint: PINCHES, LONDON.
(RASE) Royal Agricultural Society of England - Local Governors Badge (1951)
The Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE) were founded in 1838 as the English Agricultural Society to “encourage and promote technical innovation and communicate practical knowledge of value to farmers”. The RASE were granted a Royal Charter in 1840 and in 1845 founded the Royal Agricultural College. In 1973, they also established the Rare Breeds Survival Trust. The RASE held their first Royal Show in 1839 and thereafter annually until these were discontinued in 2009.
Today, the RASE operate as a UK Registered Charity whose core roles are in the transfer of agricultural scientific knowledge, technology and best-practise to the farming industry and rural communities.
This badge would have been worn by a Local Governor to denote their status when attending council or other meetings of the RASE. Executive management of the RASE was vested in the President and the Council Members. Governors had no executive powers in the running of the RASE except the right to vote for a President, Vice-President, Trustees and Council Members of the RASE at their annual general meetings, the same voting rights extended to ordinary members also. Governors paid an annual subscription or a once-off Life Member subscription for the privilege. A separate badge would have been issued annually upon full payment of the subscription, hence they carry their year of issue.
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References:
www.rase.org.uk/index.php/about-us (RASE website - about the RASE, includes a link to their history).
archive.org/stream/cu31924001124803/cu31924001124803_djvu... (Scanned book contents about the RASE and how it operates, published 1878).
.
Enamels: 3 (red, white & blue).
Finish: Tin or chrome plated.
Material: Brass.
Fixer: Pin.
Size: 1 1/8” x 1 5/16” (30mm x 33mm).
Process: Die stamped.
Imprint: PINCHES, LONDON.