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A memo issued in October 1940 by the Leeds Corps of Air Raid Wardens regarding badges of rank. The use of epaulettes for rank insignia during WW2 is quite rare on either the bluette overalls or battledress/tunics. A few county emblems are known, for example Hampshire and Warwickshire. The below memo covers the use of light blue, red, yellow and green bands on the epaulette to designate rank. Quite a complicated set of insignia and obviously some folk weren't happy with other lesser mortals having the same helmet marking as themselves and so needed additional insignia to smooth their egos... I've not seen any photographic evidence (yet) of these epaulette ranks in use. Document courtesy of Jon Mills.  Leeds Wardens' Service Badges of Rank on Epaulettes
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A very rare badge issued to Civil Defence personnel in Derbyshire. The shield incorporates the County of Derby scroll with the standard ARP emblem plus a rather poorly rendered coat of arms, which is actually a rose with three stag heads (see below). This is the only example I have seen. Image courtesy of Jon Mills.  County of Derby Civil Defence Breast Badge  Derbyshire coat of arms A small selection of photos of the the tat bazaar feature members of an ambulance depot, most likely drivers and attendants. The photos are good reference images for the ARP Pattern 71 tunic and slacks and the ski cap (appears one cap doesn't have any insignia, a few are using their ARP badges and the officer has the small CD cap badge). Of interest is the lady to the right with the three chevrons and star sleeve insignia. She is also carrying her white helmet with black stripe and 'D.A.O.' letters. I am assuming she is the Deputy Ambulance Officer (or possibly Depot Ambulance Officer).  Ambulance Crew with Deputy/Depot Ambulance Officer This 'S.F.P. Officer' (Supplementary / Street Fire Party) lapel badge is currently for sale on eBay. It's a rare badge and it has already reached £126 with a week to go. This is likely to reach quite a final sale price. There is a blue enamel version with just 'S.F.P.', that some online vendors are trying to get over £100 for. One of the blue SFP versions sold recently on eBay for just over £75. Update: the badge sold for an astonishing £440.20 (plus £4 shipping...)  SFP Officer Lapel Badge  Blue enamel S.F.P. lapel badge  Final sale price of £440 for the SFP Officer badge A rare badge has cropped up on eBay for the L.C.D.C. (Liverpool Civil Defence Cadets). I've only seen a handful of these badges and this particular example has a starting price of £125. The badge, manufactured by H. W. Miller, features the mythical liver bird holding a sprig of laver (seaweed) in its beak. The notes about the Liverpool cadets is courtesy of Jon Mills. A previous blog post covered Liverpool's and other towns civil defence cadet corps.  Liverpool Civil Defence Cadets Badge  Description of the Liverpool Civil Defence Cadets |
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