Lapel and Sweetheart Badges

This is an extract of my Master Militaria Catalogue dealing with Military lapel and sweet-heart insignia.

Military lapel badges are worn on civilian clothes in order to show that the wearer is in the Forces.  This may be a matter of personal pride in the regiment, but in wartime these badges had more significant roles -

• To prevent the wearer being given a 'white feather' (a sign of cowardice). 
• There is a requirement under the Geneva Convention to differentiate soldier from civilian.  At times of mass enlistment, when uniform was in short supply, the lapel badge was considered to be the uniform in its own right.  This particularly applied to the Volunteer Training Corps, National Reserve and Veteran Reserve.

Sweetheart badges were often worn by wives and girlfriends of soldiers.

UK Armed Forces Veteran's Lapel Badges are available to entitled personnel free of charge direct from the British Government's Service Personnel & Veterans Agency - click for details

Prices are in British Pounds Sterling and you may order online or order by mail.

With effect from 1 June 2007, there will be a minimum charge of £1.50 postage and packing for all orders. If Royal Mail costs exceed this amount, then the charge will be cost-price, i.e. the price of the stamps. click here for postage costs.

The first 6 figures of each line is our Stock Serial Number - use this when ordering.   Where applicable, the next set of figures is a reference to standard insignia reference books.

Civil Defence Insignia

C4L491 DTB B1 ARP (Air Raid Precautions) Buttonhole Badge (Male) Hall-Marked 1936 'A' KC Silver £20.00

C4L098 Lapel badge Civil Defence Corps - Female Issue Brooch-Pin Fitting QC Enamel £2.00

C4D748 Lapel badge Civil Defence Instructor (Blue Enamel Oval + Instructor Cross-Bar QC Enamel £2.50

C4L126 Lapel badge ICDS: Industrial Civil Defence Service - Male Issue Buttonhole Fitting QC Enamel £4.00

Coast Guard Insignia

M4P528 Auxiliary Coastguard - Octagonal Pin Badge G; Enam £7.00

M4P527 Coastguard Auxiliary Service - 20mm Diameter Pin Badge QC Chr; E £7.00

M4M987 Coastguard Auxiliary Service - 32mm Diameter Buttonhole Badge QC Chr; E £8.00

Lapel & Sweet-heart Badges

S1L119 DTB X11 Air Training Corps Buttonhole Badge Chrome £2.50

S1C698 Army Service Corps - Pre-1918 Lapel Badge KC G; Enam £6.00

S1I892 Auxiliary Fire Service (Star Shape With Crown) Buttonhole Badge KC Enamel £5.00

S1C777 EL 40A Central Association Volunteer Training Corps - WW1 Buttonhole Badge KC Enamel £12.00

S1P203 General Post Office Indoor Workers Badge GPO On Blue/Red Enamel £5.00

S1I567 Hospital Service Reserve (NI) - Northern Ireland Shield Shape KC G; Enam £6.00

S1J143 Kent National Reserve (WM Invicta Horse In Centre) Buttonhole Badge WW1 KC Bronze £20.00

S1F705 Kent Veteran Reserve (WM Invicta Horse In Centre) Buttonhole Badge WW1 KC Bronze £25.00

S1D833 National Reserve East Riding Of Yorkshire (Numbered) White Rose In Oval Enamel £20.00

S1F706 National Reserve Hampshire Isle Of Wight Crown/Rose In Circle KC Enamel £20.00

S1F145 National Reserve London (Serial Numbered) Crown In Blue Oval KC Enamel £20.00

S1E567 National Reserve West Lancashire Crown In Oval KC Enamel £20.00

S1D914 National Reserve West Riding Of York Crown/Rose In Oval KC Enamel £20.00

S1N486 Navy League Sea Cadet Corps Buttonhole Badge 1919-1942 Keep Watch Bronze £6.00

S1I433 Cox 3035 New Zealand Returned Services Association Navy Serial Number ?silver £5.00

S1D384 On War Service 1915 (Ordnance Shield - Numbered) Buttonhole Badge WW1 KC Gilt £6.00

S1E328 DTB A3* Regular Army Reserve Of Officers Buttonhole Badge QC Silver £10.00

S1J134 DTB A4 Royal Army Reserve Buttonhole Badge Hall-Marked 1938 KC Silver £10.00

S1M927 Royal College Of Nursing Of The United Kingdom Enamel £8.00

S1O324 Royal Engineers - GvR Lapel Badge KC Enamel £6.00

S1A027 Sheffield University Officers Training Corps Lapel Badge QC WM £2.50

S1D042 DTB A1 TA (Territorial Army) - Serial Numbered On Reverse Buttonhole Badge KC WM £4.00

S1J540 Veteran Reserve London (Serial Numbered) Crown In Oval KC Enamel £20.00

S1Q198 DTB N29* Women's Rifle Assoc (Rifles; Pistol; WRA On Shield) Successor To WHD Enamel £40.00

T5M980 Bosnia Austrian IFOR Pin-Badge (Crossed-Flags) (Worn On Combat Kit) Enamel £6.00

T5M984 Bosnia Croatian / Austrian Pin-Badge (Crossed-Flags) (Worn On Combat Kit) Enamel £6.00

T5M981 Bosnia Croatian / United States Pin-Badge (Crossed-Flags) (Worn On Combat Kit) Enamel £6.00

T5H518 Bosnia French SFOR Pin-Badge (Crossed-Flags) (Worn On Combat Kit) Enamel £6.00

T5H520 Bosnia German SFOR Pin-Badge (Crossed-Flags) (Worn On Combat Kit) Enamel £6.00

T5H362 Pin-Badge IFOR Operation Decisive Endeavour Air Forces 25mm Diameter Disc Enamel £6.00

T5H275 Bosnia !! Kenya UNPROFOR Pin-Badge (Crossed-Flags) (Worn On Combat Kit) Enamel £6.00

T5H521 Bosnia Moroccan IFOR Pin-Badge (Crossed-Flags) (Worn On Combat Kit) Enamel £6.00

T5H522 Bosnia Spanish IFOR Pin-Badge (Crossed-Flags) (Worn On Combat Kit) Enamel £6.00

Z8F756 DTB M5* Royal Observer Corps Lapel Badge QC Enamel £5.00