WW2 British Red Cross Society Voluntary Aid Detachment ( V.A.D. ) Mobile Felt Cloth Arm Badge

A good example of a Second World War British Red Cross Society silk embroidered felt badge worn by the Mobile unit of the Voluntary Aid Detachments on the arm of the uniform. Good condition with some evidence of service wear, and has ink annotations on the reverse white backing cloth as follows: BRCS London 328, 17976. Presumably the 328 is reference to a London Detachment numbered 328, and the longer number which follows that of the recipient.

In Ward Dress, the VAD would wear a grey/blue dress with white apron, an armband bearing the Mobile badge to the left arm, and a white veil gathered behind the head in a fashion unlike those worn by military nurses. Height 67mm.

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Code: 59749