AUXILARY FIRE SERVICE (WW2 Home Front) - an AFS volunteer's lapel badge - unofficial issue (c.1940). RARE!

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For sale is a rare lapel badge that would have been worn by a member of the AUXILARY FIRE SERVICE (AFS) when off-duty and in civilian clothes. These brightly coloured enamel badges were unofficial issues that members of the AFS could have purchased and worn when off-duty. Similar enamelled badges were also made with the lettering ARP (Air Raid Precaution services) but the AFS versions seem to be much rarer.

The AFS was established in January 1938 and was one of the Home-Front civil defence organisations formed in the run-up the Second World War (1939-1945). AFS members were all part-time volunteers trained by the regular fire services and whose role was to supplement their fire fighting capabilities. Individual AFS units were recruited and organised by local Fire Authorities across Britain, who would be responsible for AFS training and equipment, standards varied as did the working relationship between AFS units and the regular fire fighting service. As part of the reorganisation of Britain's numerous civil defence organisations, the AFS became the National Fire Service (NFS) in August 1941.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auxiliary_Fire_Service

https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/timeline/factfiles/nonflash/a6651344.shtml

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DESCRIPTION:
Size: about 1/2" x 3/4" (13mm x 19mm).
Material(s): brass metal with 2 vitreous enamels.
Finish: tin plated.
Fitting: buttonhole (horseshoe shaped clasp).
Imprint: none.
Approximate age: c.1939 to 1941.

CONDITION:
Excellent condition. No damage.
Please see photograph(s), these form part of the description.

POSTAGE:
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* I always get a proof-of-posting certificate.
* I combine postal costs for multiple items when these are paid for and posted the same time.

RETURNS:
* Return accepted if the item(s) is returned in same condition it left me, then the full Agreed Asking Price will be refunded. Postal costs are not refundable.
* Buyer pays the return postal costs - unless agreed otherwise.

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