Help with Artillery Badge.

I picked a framed collection of badges today from the bottom up it contains Royal Artillery cap badge badge which is well worn with Kings crown and a hole in the middle of the wheel........checked one of my books and the badge in mine has no hole, next we have a sleeve badge worn above chevrons by senior Sergeants RA, then there is a CSM rank badge made of metal of sorts its a brighter colour than the other two which are a dull bronze...then the one I dont know it has the letter EOF across the top in yellow that is sat across a pair of crossed bombs in silver then below that a yelow scroll with the words 'Front Line Duty' in Silver, Any of our Artillery guys or insignia experts know what this last one is

 

Owen, I did try cant take one without the flash obscuring the badge in question

 

turn the flash off then....
Me and technology I cant turn the beggar off until I can lets hope someone can get it by the description.

 

put some tape over it.

Are you milking this thread Jase

 

This is the best I could do

 

You could have rotated the picture

I suspect the whole in the cap badge is where the rivet was holding the wheel in place.

The next two apprear to be Master Gunner 3rd Class c.1936 or c.1941.

The last one (pure guess as its not in the book I checked) Artillery Ordnance Fitter ?

 

Drew it says EOF not AOF and the Wife took the pic I gave up

 

looking in Philip Jobsons RA Glossary the nearest i can find is EOD, Explosive Ordnance Disposal.
Rob

 

I agree that the RA gun badge is one that has lost it's rotating wheel - which was attached by a pin. Why some badges have a rotating wheel - and others don't - is a constant source of discussion amongst collectors.

The EOF badge has, I think, the phrase 'Front Line Duty' beneath it, and refers to the Ordnance Factories (such as Woolwich Arsenal), I believe.

Cheers
Peter