The British Legion Memorabilia Collectors Club
News: March 2008
British Legion Volunteer Police Force Badge and Shoulder Titles
Thanks
to Mr Philip Wilson interim Club President, noted military historian and
Chairman of Warwickshire County Royal British Legion we have at last been able
find a badge of outstanding manufacturing quality that fits the description
below!
This find does not necessarily degrade any of the badges previously attributed
to the police force. What it does is enable us to correctly attribute more
accurately badges already found and label them correctly. Whereas previously we
could not.
Badge Description
The
British Legion Volunteer Police Force cap badge comprises the British Legion
silvered and enamel lapel badge, superimposed on a silver gilt metal star
surmounted by a Victorian Crown. The badge has a very long, narrow slider fitted
to the rear.
For the greatcoat a very much smaller version of the cap badge was designed and
had for some inexplicable reason a Kings Crown atop the star, with two loop
fixings to the rear. The normal standard membership lapel badge was worn in the
left lapel button hole.
A version of the British Legion Volunteer Police Force cap badge was produced
after WWII for use by British Legion members employed as Commissionaires, but
the central device on this badge is much smaller than the larger version worn by
the British Legion Volunteer Police Force, and the slider fitting is wider.
First published on the Royal British Legion in North Staffordshire's On-Line
Museum exhibition of
Cap Badges, Collar Dogs and Shoulder Titles
The Force was formed on the 6th October 1938, and was entitled The British
Legion Volunteer Police Force. It was disbanded on the 15th October 1938, some
ten days later.
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British Legion Volunteer Police Force
Cap Badge
6th - 15th October 1938
Donated by
Philip Wilson
