Air Raid Precations (ARP) Badges

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Being a bit strapped for cash lately and not wanting to stop collecting, I decided to go after some badges I have been after for a while as they realistically inexpensive. What is the ARP ? Its probably easiest you take a read here



The early ARP lapel badges were made of sterling silver, after 1939 they were made out of a white metal with no markings to save on money.



The dates for the letters on the hallmark are as follows:

A=1936
B=1937
C=1938
D=1939

Men's badges came in a red box, while ladies badges came in a blue box though its rare to find any with a box these days. The mens and ladies also had a different back on them with mens being botton hole and ladies having a pinback.






I believe there are a number of different maker marks, but the 3 I have purchased are all marked JC, which I believe were manufactured by Cartier.

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I have come across a couple of Australian equivalent ARP badges on ebay and added them to the collection. This one for the Victorian ARP Auxilary Ambulance. For some reason, every state had different badges.

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This one is for South Australia