badge; lapel "Air Raid Precautions (ARP)"

Production date
1939-1945
1938
 Description
Lapel badge with the Tudor (King's) crown with inscription "A.R.P" Air Raid Precaution. JC and C on back dates this badge to 1938 JC was Sir John Herbert McCutcheon Craig who was Deputy Master and Controller of the Royal Mint from 1938 and C is the year.

The silver ARP badge was designed by Eric Gill a sculptor from a design submitted in 1936 and issuing began in 1937.
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Object detail

Department
Object
Production date
1939-1945
1938
Production place
Greater London/England
Signature & date
moulding:front:"ARP"
moulding:back:"JC C"
Associated date
1939-1945
Associated person
Measurement type, part and reading
Dimensions:0 - Whole:H 3.8cm (H 1 1/2")
Dimensions:0 - Whole:W 2.6cm (W 1")
Accession number
1997-034-001

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