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Currently up for sale on eBay is this enamel sign. There are quite a number of designs made during the war but these yellow ones appear to be particularly scarce.  Yellow Enamel Air Raid Wardens' Post Sign
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I have a keen interest in the way fonts and lettering are generated and these pages from a British Standards book in 1940 detail the exact methodology used to generate the 1940s font used on ARP / Civil Defence / Fire signage. Also included is the exact size of the various signs. I was somewhat confused why 7/8" was used instead of 1" on the Shelter 'S' signage but someone mentioned saving material (which makes sense) but it doesn't seem to follow through on vertical signs. I'm including the files as downloads as well. Courtesy of Roger Miles.
 British Standards ARP Signage Measurements 1  British Standards ARP Signage Measurements 2  British Standards ARP Signage Measurements 3 I had not seen this particular ARP Warden sign before. It's quite small, just 7.5cm across and shows age related wear to the enamel. A collector on a Facebook forum commented that he had had a similar one in his collection for 30-odd years.  WW2 Red Enamelled ARP Warden Sign / Plaque A nice little pre-war grouping from Barnet. A certain Mr Skinner had passed the examination to be an Air Raid Warden in October 1938 and also received alongside his certificate a card "AIR RAID WARDEN" display sign for his window.  Barnet Air Raid Warden display sign
One for the re-enactors today, reproduction personalised Air Raid Wardens' Post metal wall signs. Well made A4-sized wall plaques, suitable for indoor or outdoors. Made from 0.7mm thick aluminium with a high gloss finish. You can add quite a long locality - I tried Borough of Lewisham, and that was OK (it's a max of 25 characters including spaces). The font is good for WW2. A nice item for your re-enacting display or for putting up indoors. And only £12.99 delivered in the UK. Get your own Wardens' Post sign  Reproduction Personalised Air Raid Wardens' Post Metal Wall Sign |
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