I cannot find any information regarding Home Guard armbands beyond the basic Home Guard and LDV types on the internet. However the IWM online collection has the following description:
badge, label, seal . armlet, label, seal. . Badge: an armlet divided equally horizontally yellow and green. The ends joined by two strips of black elastic. Khaki drill cloth backing to reverse. . Soft fabric label: . WORKING PATTERN No 11660 . Stamped: STANDARD . Specification No. (blank) .../... Catalogue No. CB1782 . Designation: Armlets, Yellow & Green, Home Guard. .../... "Cotton used for machining at edges to be the same colour as green material." . Date of sealing: date stamp - 14 OCT 19(illegible - possibly 58) . Badge secured to label with a length of white cotton tape, sealed to label with a square of khaki cloth on which a red sealing wax seal bearing the shield of the Arms of the Board of Ordnance surrounded by Chief Inspector.
1958 seem to be very late for the Home Guard and there is no information given as to what the armband signified.
Last edited by High Wood; 25-04-17 at 07:58 AM.
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