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Civil Defence Corps badges
Hi All,
I'm after some help working out exactly what I have got here. I've bought a job lot of civil defence badges as there was a few I wanted but there was a lot of extras which will probably get sold on or used as swaps. Can anyone tell me, in the first photo what is the significance of the three different colours of instructor lapel badges? The second photo, am I right in thinking this is civil defence Scotland? In the third photo, what is the significance between the three different coloured cloth instructor badges? I know the forth and fifth photos are rank badges but what ranks are they? Finally, what are the three badges in the sixth photo? Thanks for the help, Michael Last edited by Shiny; 19-12-16 at 01:51 PM. |
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CD badges
Michael,
Photo 1. The three lapel badges shown were worn by CD qualified Instructors when out of uniform. They are graded as follows: Gold - 'Special Pass' Certificate issued by CD Central Schools. Silver - 'Pass' Certificate issued by CD Central Schools. Blue - 'Pass' Certificate issued by Local Authority Schools. These badges had button-hole fittings for men and a pin for women. The Instructor's badges were introduced with CD Circular 19/1959 Photo 3. The three cloth badges shown were worn by CD qualified Instructors when in uniform. They are graded as above. Any personnel qualifying from a Civil Defence Corps course, whether CD, WVS/WRVS, British Red Cross Society etc. was entitled to wear the cloth badge on uniform and the lapel badge in mufti, commensurate with their pass. Photo 3. The Scottish version of the Civil Defence Corps lapel badge with KC; These were also issued with button-hole fittings for men and a pin for women. Photos 4 & 5. These are rank badges and are fairly complex, so I will return to these in another reply. Photo 6. I think that this Scottish 'C' CD badge was issued to Casualty Wardens, who carried out first aid duties. As the Scottish Ambulance Service carried out the functions of the Ambulance Section of the CDC in Scotland, it is likely that these casualty wardens were present to provide first aid cover until the Scottish Ambulance Service personnel arrived to take over. The badge was probably worn on the left cuff in lieu of the first aid badge, I can find no documentary evidence to back this up though. The silver and gold stars are proficiency badges. Civil defence Circular 9/1957 introduced three different proficiency badges, they were: Silver Star - This indicated that a volunteer had completed standard training. Silver Star with scarlet flash backing - This indicated that a volunteer having completed standard training, had undertaken additional training. Gold Star with scarlet flash backing - This indicated that a volunteer had successfully completed a course of additional training. These badges were worn on the right cuff with the centre of the badge about 4" from the bottom of the sleeve. They were not worn by part-time or whole-time CD instructors or CD officers. Photo 7. This shows the standard Scottish issue breast/beret badge, standard shoulder titles and a CD First Aid badge. I think these were issued on completion of a Civil Defence First Aid Course rather than a St John or British Red Cross Society course, which had their own badges. these were worn on the left cuff in a similar fashion to the proficiency stars on the right. I will try to get the rank badges done tomorrow. George Last edited by conservator; 20-12-16 at 02:01 AM. Reason: additional info |
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Hi George,
Thank you so much for such a comprehensive reply, it's brilliant. Now I've read what you have put I'm thinking I'll keep the bulk of this collection and just move on the duplicates. Someone has obviously spent a lot of time building this up so it seems a shame to break it up now. I did find something about the ranks on Wikipedia, it may be what you were going to put: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Defence_Corps Are these badges hard to come across? Thanks again for your help, it's really appreciated. Michael |
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Yes thanks George, I have been putting a collection of CD badges together for a while and you have filled in a few blanks for me too.
Here are my post 1949 badges. |
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CD ranks
Michael,
Many thanks, you've saved me a bit of time! The information you have linked to on Wiki, is the information that I was going to transcribe from 'Appendix D - Badges of Rank' to the 'Civil Defence Pocket book No 3 - General Information (All Sections)' dated 1960. Other than line drawings shown in the pocket book, the info appears to be the same. George |
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Hi George,
I hoped that might be the case but I wanted you to check it, you never know who's been tinkering on there. Thanks again for all your help, Michael |
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I have been looking at Beaker123's album on WW2 ARP / Civil Defence and there are some very interesting pattern cards which show an ARP wound stripe dated 1944 which looks very similar to the rank insignia worn by the Civil Defence post 1949.
My examples came in a sack full of post 1949 Devon Civil Defence insignia and with the wide strip combinations presumably must be rank badges? Rob https://www.britishbadgeforum.com/fo...ctureid=189633 |
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