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The island of Malta was one of the most intensively bombed areas during the war. The Luftwaffe and the Regia Aeronautica flew a total of 3,000 bombing raids, dropping 6,700 tons of bombs on the Grand Harbour area alone over two years. There's an excellent overview of the Siege of Malta on Wikipedia. To protect the population Malta created its own Air Raid Precautions (and issued a specific ARP badge with "MALTA" scroll). Below is a photo of Maltese ARP re-enactor Louise-Ann and her display.  Maltese ARP Re-enactor © Silvio Pace
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This leaflet was issued by the Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham in 1942 regarding the explosive incendiary bombs being dropped by the Luftwaffe.  Explosive Incendiary Leaflet, Lewisham 1942 Previously, I requested information about the "Hitler Hate Club" badges. I had a recent reply from Richard Briggs which I thought worthy of a standalone blog rather than just leaving as a comment on the original post. "I am aware that nearly 600 of these badges were found in an attic in a house in Jersey. A friend of mine bought the entire collection from the chap that found them in or around 1998. I presume they were local to Jersey residents and once occupied by the Germans were hidden away. He sold most of them over the years and I have the last remaining 47. There were mainly half moon buttonhole backed but there were a few pin back which we assume were for ladies."  Hitler Hate Club badge - with a possible connection to the Channel Islands There is a limited amount of background detail for this photo but interesting to see bluettes and battledress in the same photo plus the ARP nursing uniforms. The ARP breast badge on the bluettes appears to be quite high above the pocket.  Civil Defence Group Photo |
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