Security staff's lapel badge.
- Made:
- 1960-1987 in United Kingdom
Lapel badge, as worn by Science Museum warding (security) staff, unsigned, United Kingdom, 1960-1987.
Until 1987 the Museum’s security staff, called ‘warders’, continued to wear a uniform recalling their nineteenth-century origin as policemen. The badges, such as this one, and other regalia had different designs depending on the civil service grade of the warder who wore it.