Home Guard Auxilliaries

[lugerlout]

Found recently in an antique shop for a good price, as far as I am aware these are not being faked...??....so I believe it to be genuine......202 is Northern England region but can anyone tell me the significance of the number 103...??

[Rob Miller]

I think you are supposed to read it as 201, 202 and 203 for the 3 regions.

Rob

[lugerlout]

Originally Posted by Rob Miller

I think you are supposed to read it as 201, 202 and 203 for the 3 regions.

Rob

Thanks Rob, yes 202 (in this case) left to right but it is the number 103 from top to bottom I was unsure of.

Phil

[lugerlout]

Hi Rob, actually now I look again I see what you are getting at, the numbers are read in three directions of course, thanks for that.

Phil

[Pembird]

These badges are being faked although the one you have does look an authentic one.

[lugerlout]

Originally Posted by Pembird

These badges are being faked although the one you have does look an authentic one.

Thanks, I had no idea there were fakes of these, I have not seen any (fake or otherwise) for sale anywhere, thanks for commenting.

Phil

[ARPCDHG]

Originally Posted by Pembird

These badges are being faked although the one you have does look an authentic one.

For years now, I've been surprised that the Auxunit OCA badges haven't been faked, because they don't even have a maker's mark on the back and they are a fairly simple design.

However, I've not seen or heard of them being faked. How do you know they are?

[Frank Kelley]

Could you please show or provide a reference to an example of the fakes that you mention?

Originally Posted by Pembird

These badges are being faked although the one you have does look an authentic one.

Phil, lovely badge, looks good compared to known examples on the web, as i understood it the Region numbers were battalion numbers, with some units wearing these numbers (as Home Guard) on their battledress. Regards Mark

[lugerlout]

Originally Posted by MarkGD

Phil, lovely badge, looks good compared to known examples on the web, as i understood it the Region numbers were battalion numbers, with some units wearing these numbers (as Home Guard) on their battledress. Regards Mark

Thanks Mark, I have been looking for one for years and found this in a cabinet full of unidentified 'enamel' badges in a shop.

[Postwarden]

A nice badge that looks fine to me.

A small correction if I may. The badge is a postwar "commemorative" item issued to members of Auxiliary Units. Home Guard Auxiliaries was the name given in 1944 to the women who served as volunteers supporting the Home Guard.

The relationship of the men of Auxiliary Units with the Home Guard was complicated as from 1942 they were removed from the records of the Territorial Army Associations which administered the Home Guard and taken over by the army's General Headquarters and administered as the three GHQ Administrative battalions whose numbers appear on the badge.

Jon