As one of those sad people who have been collecting Home Front stuff for over thirty years I have to agree that it used to be disregarded - and therefore cheap - but is now much sought after.
I'm disappointed that I never got any further than the first four parts of my Within the Island Fortress series that was going to record the uniforms, ephemera and insignia of the numerous Home Front Organisations - I still have copies of those on the WVS and Identity Documents.
And as an avid Home Front collector I have never seen an example of the Assistance Board arm title and have no idea what colour the uniform was - my guess is blue or green.
I am hoping to post details of some more unusual HF organisations so that they are at least recorded somewhere.
Jon
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