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A.R.P.badge
Unknown, 1942, Metal
A.R.P.badge
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20993
Title
A.R.P badge
Description
The metal badge has the initials 'A.R.P' in the bottom panel, above which is an engraving of a crown.
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1942
Type
Metal
Location
Edinburgh City Archives
These badges were issued during the Second World War to volunteers who completed their training as Air Raid Precaution volunteers. There were over one and a half million ARP wardens in Britain. Their job was to help people reach air raid shelters, assist during an emergency, and to supervise the blackout.
At night a blackout was enforced in the city and you had to cover your windows so that no light escaped. This was to make it more difficult for the German bombers to know where to drop bombs. Many children had great fun playing hide and seek in the blackouts.
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Whose Town? Edinburgh during the Second World War
Whose Town? Charles Boog Watson
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