This may be closer to ARP and / or Home Guard than actual aviation but a friend has what he thinks is his Grandfather’s wartime identity disc (metal).
On the front is his name and address (the latter not normal for servicemen, hence the ‘home front’ possibility)
On the reverse:
A.N.O.T. on the first line
11 – 2 (crossed out) on the 2nd line
11 – 1 on the third.
He has no idea what ANOT might mean, and the numbers are not correct for his Grandfather’s DOB.
Any thoughts?
Moggy
By: TonyT - 14th April 2014 at 23:12
Address now other side
Auxiliary navy officers toilets. Key for the use off
By: Moggy C - 14th April 2014 at 22:59
I think it had his Grandfather’s name on it, rather than ‘Digger’ or another typical pet’s name of the period. But it could still have been animal related I agree.
I think the A.N.O.T. does have the full points so is unlikely to be an exchange name for a phone number.
I’ll check in the morning.
Moggy
By: jeepman - 14th April 2014 at 22:54
Could it actually be a disc attached to a dog’s collar with the owners name and address in case the animal is lost. Might explain the presence of an address with the name.
Could ANOT be the exchange (or a shortened form given that the dog is unlikely to stray many miles away)and 11-2 and 11-1 be the telephone number(s) – we had a three digit number at home well into the 1960s – and even now when visiting I will still answer with the old exchange name and the three digit number out of habit
By: Moggy C - 14th April 2014 at 21:43
The Home Guard and ARP didn’t necessarily get issued with identity discs, but some units were.
The Bible thing is an interesting sidetrack but I remain to be convinced until we can crack A.N.O.T
Moggy
By: TonyT - 14th April 2014 at 21:36
Trouble with dog tags were they were readily available and could be used for keys, I have seen them used for key bunches in my career, It could stand for anything and the number the key bunch on the board.
By: trumper - 14th April 2014 at 21:23
Ermm
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/2-Samuel-11-2/
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😀 So he was bogging the young ladies in the nuddy –tut tut.
By: Mothminor - 14th April 2014 at 18:57
I’ll give it some thought, though I fear you may have been reading too much Stig Larsson
Moggy
It’s my Agatha Christies, Moggy. Have to think out of the box all the time and still never get it right lol.
By: Moggy C - 14th April 2014 at 18:45
That’s a thinking out of the box suggestion! Sheer magic.
I’ll give it some thought, though I fear you may have been reading too much Stig Larsson
Many thanks for the input (Anyone got a bible?)
Moggy
By: Mothminor - 14th April 2014 at 18:39
Long shot Moggy but they look awfully like Old Testament chapter and verse numbers. Can’t figure what A.N. would stand for though.
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