About this site
Creating a resource for all collectors and re-enactors
Any visit to a militaria fair (or even car boots sale if you're lucky) can turn up Civil Defence & ARP items from the second world war. From the very common silver ARP badges to much rarer and sought after insignia and uniforms. WW2 Civil Defence and ARP uniforms and insignia are now avidly collected. This site details much BUT not all of the various insignia and uniforms that existed.
Due to the way that local authorities adopted insignia, and the different commercial manufacturers they bought from, there are many differences in the insignia seen - from the backing materials used through to the quality of the wool and colour in the uniforms produced. Creating a resource for all the various helmets and insignia applied to them would probably be a website unto itself.
There will probably never be a website that covers every item, but many collectors and re-enactors have been gracious enough to share their collections and knowledge to make this site what it is.
We'll probably get things wrong from time to time and any constructive feedback regarding the site's content and images is keenly received.
Due to the way that local authorities adopted insignia, and the different commercial manufacturers they bought from, there are many differences in the insignia seen - from the backing materials used through to the quality of the wool and colour in the uniforms produced. Creating a resource for all the various helmets and insignia applied to them would probably be a website unto itself.
There will probably never be a website that covers every item, but many collectors and re-enactors have been gracious enough to share their collections and knowledge to make this site what it is.
We'll probably get things wrong from time to time and any constructive feedback regarding the site's content and images is keenly received.
Site author re-enacting a Civil Defence ARP Post Warden late in the war.