Exeter CD Housewives service lapel badge.

Chrome and enamel, pinback badge for Exeter Civil Defence Housewives Service. Manufacturer marked ' Thos.Fattorini,Birmingham ' and numbered to the reverse. The Housewives Service were members of the WVS who were unable to leave home because of domestic commitments but were trained to help the Civil Defence services in their locality. In good, used condition.

Code: 8973