However, it appears that a number of authorities did not complete this request and records were therefore patchy. The local authorities were also requested to send to the Home Office a list every three months of newly awardedВ badges (on ARP (Supply) Form 20 (name and address of recipient) & 20A (name and address of people surrendering the ARP badge)). Local authorities were instructed to maintain a list of people to whom the badge had been issued. The German silver badges were presented in smaller presentation boxes (most likely due to wartime restrictions).Д¬ost of replacing a lost badge was 1 shilling and 3 pence (1s/3d) for silver and 6 pence (6d) for German silver badges. Silver type badges were designated ' Badges and Brooches No.1' and the German Silver badges ' Badges and Brooches No.2 '. Both half moon and brooch varieties were manufactured. It was a criminal offence under the Civil Defence Act 1939 and punishable with a fine not exceeding ВЈ20, if an unauthorised person was caught wearing the official ARP badge.ДЇor war economy reasons from February 1940 the ARP badges were made in 'German silver' - usually 60% copper with 20% nickel and 20% zinc (thus no actual silver) by commercial manufacturers such JR Gaunt and Marples & Beasley. ' The air-raid precautions badge is intended as a recognition of the obligations undertaken by persons who volunteer for local authoritiesвЂ™ and other air-raid precautions services and persons who take special courses of training in order to enable them to carry out their normal duties under war time conditions are not, merely by reason of their having undergone such training, eligible for the badge.' In 1939, the Home Secretary, Sir John Anderson (whose name later became synonymous withe the Anderson Shelter) explains to Parliament the badge: By February 1939, over 800,000 badges had been issued.

The badges were issued by the Home Office to local authorities which in turn issued them to people who had volunteered and completed ARP training.Д«y October 1938 the Home Office asked for authority to increase the number of badges ordered to 950,000. Police officers, special constables and members of fire brigades were not to receive the badge.

The following could be issued the new badge: The badges were announced by Home Secretary Sir John Simon, in Home Security Circular 701582/10 dated 23 February 1937 for issue to 'persons who volunteer for ARP services and who undergo the necessary training'.

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