Following on from a recent blog post about a Mobile Canteen Unit, Steve Taylor was kind enough to allow me to share these two badges from his collection. There are not that many county or town specific badges for canteen workers but Nottingham clearly saw the need to give volunteers a badge for when they were working. Apart from the WVS it's quite rare to see specific location badges like this.
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Here's a nicely designed badge issued by Birmingham based Thomas William Lench Ltd., who made the 'ADMIRAL' brand bolts and fittings. The bolts making up the central part of the badge's design. The company had a large factory in the Blackheath area of Birmingham and a 1939 photo of the factory can be viewed here. The badge has no maker mark to the rear.
A very rare ARP badge for second world war helmet manufacturer Rubery Owen & Co. Ltd has appeared on eBay. I've not seen this design of badge before. During the war they manufactured parts for aircraft and also supplied tens of thousands of helmets for use both in the services as well as for Civil Defence.
There were a few common Civil Defence badges regularly seen today. Below is one of them and also a gentleman wearing it.
During the war, thousands of businesses ran their own ARP teams. Many provided badges to their employees to denote their service within the company's ARP teams. Actually seeing the badges being worn is rare but below shows a gentleman wearing his. The badge may be for the Neath Steel Sheet Galvanising Co. Ltd.
If you're interested in ARP badges and other Home Front badges, buy yourself a copy of Jon Mills' "Doing Their Bit: Home Front Lapel Badges, 1939-1945". |
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