The title picture is of a fine gentleman and falconry friend Lorant de Bastyai. A famous Hungarian falconer who came to live in the United Kingdom just after the Second World War and was the founding father of the Welsh Hawking Club.
He was a kind man who was always happy to help anyone who showed any interest in falconry, a recognisable figure whose falconry hat became as famous as he was and must have weighed a few pounds with all the metal falconry badges it sported.
Many falconers of the time emulated his love of badges but I never saw anyone sporting more than Lorant.
Below are a few from my old falconry hat, if you have a club badge that is not amongst these and can spare one, please donate one and I will add to this gallery of falconry badges.
I have included what our American falconry friends call "meet pins" because they also are celebrations of falconry. |
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| The British Falconers Club famous logo of "Black Jess" painted by George Lodge. |
The Hawking Club of Great Britain logo of "Helga" Mike Dawson's goshawk. |
The Jersey Hawking Club, founded in 1968 in the Channel Islands. |
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| Original badge of The Welsh Hawking Club. |
The Old Shires Hawking Club badge from the 1980's |
The Yorkshire Falconry Club badge. |
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| DFO Deutscher Falkenorden meet pin held at Burg-Steinfurt 1966 |
DFO Deutscher Falkenorden meet pin held at Falknerwoche 1955. Munster. |
Österreichischer Falknerorden 2 nd. International falconry meet held at Marchegg 1968. |
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| Welsh Hawking club meet 1974 |
Welsh Hawking Club celebration badge for 25 years. |
Designed by Roy Saunders for the first International meeting of the WHC at Lichfield October 1972 |
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| The Peregrine Fund, supported by falconers since inception. |
NAFA field Meet pin 1994, Dodge City, Kansas. |
NAFA field Meet pin 1998, Vernal, Utah. |
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| California Hawking Club field Meet pin 1987. |
California Hawking Club field Meet pin 1995. 25 years celebration at Yaba City. |
The Canadian Falconers Meet pin 1994, Weyburn. |
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