Objects and archives relating to non-uniformed duties during the First and Second World Wars

Made:
1914; 1915; 1915; circa 1939; circa 1940 in Birmingham
Objects and archives relating to non-uniformed duties during the First and Second World Wars

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Collection of objects and archives relating to non-uniformed duties during the First and Second World Wars.

Details

Category:
Local History
Object Number:
Y1988.68
Measurements:
Overall: 30 mm,
type:
collection of objects and archives

Parts

Munition worker's badge made by Bliss Brothers

Munition worker's badge made by Bliss Brothers

Munition worker's badge made by Bliss Brothers, Birmingham, 1914.

Measurements:
Overall: 30 mm,
Object Number:
Y1988.68.1
type:
badge
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Munition worker's badge made by J.R. Gaunt and Son Ltd

Munition worker's badge made by J.R. Gaunt and Son Ltd

Munition worker's badge made by J.R. Gaunt and Son Ltd, London, 1915.

Measurements:
Overall: 45 mm 30 mm,
Object Number:
Y1988.68.2
type:
badge
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Munition worker's badge made by J.R. Gaunt and Son Ltd

Munition worker's badge made by J.R. Gaunt and Son Ltd

Munition worker's badge made by J.R. Gaunt and Son Ltd, London, 1915.

Measurements:
Overall: 45 mm 28 mm,
Object Number:
Y1988.68.3
type:
badge
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Munition worker's badge made by Wylie and Co.

Munition worker's badge made by Wylie and Co.

Munition worker's badge made by Wylie and Co., London, 1916.

Measurements:
Overall: 45 mm x 45 mm x 45 mm,
Object Number:
Y1988.68.4
type:
badge
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
discharge badge 'for king and empire services rendered'

discharge badge 'for king and empire services rendered'

Discharge badge, c. 1918.

Measurements:
Overall: 35 mm,
Object Number:
Y1988.68.5
type:
badge
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Air raid warden's shoulder flash c.1940

Air raid warden's shoulder flash c.1940

Air raid warden's shoulder flash c.1940

Measurements:
Overall: 25 mm x 80 mm
Object Number:
Y1988.68.7
type:
shoulder flash
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
'for royal service' badge

'for royal service' badge

Discharge badge, c. 1945.

Measurements:
Overall: 25 mm,
Object Number:
Y1988.68.8
type:
badge
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
ARP badge

ARP badge

Air raid warden's badge c.1940

Measurements:
Overall: 20 mm x 15 mm
Object Number:
Y1988.68.9
type:
badge
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
National Savings Movement badge

National Savings Movement badge

National Savings Movement worker's badge made by Toye and Co., London, c.1939

Measurements:
Overall: 30 mm x 36 mm,
Object Number:
Y1988.68.10
type:
badge
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Civil Defence Corps armband c.1940

Civil Defence Corps armband c.1940

Civil Defence Corps armband c.1940

Measurements:
Overall: 90 mm x 440 mm,
Object Number:
Y1988.68.11
type:
armband
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
W.V.S. civil defence badge

W.V.S. civil defence badge

Women's Voluntary Service badge made by Butler of Birmingham c.1940.

Measurements:
Overall: 30 mm x 25 mm
Object Number:
Y1988.68.12
type:
badge
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Home Guard shoulder flash c.1939

Home Guard shoulder flash c.1939

Home Guard shoulder flash c.1939.

Measurements:
Overall: 25 mm x 115 mm,
Object Number:
Y1988.68.13
type:
shoulder flash
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum