WW2 Home Front - Blackburn (Lancashire) Police Constabulary Constable Reserve Enamel Lapel Buttonhole Badge

Chrome and enamel mufti (off-duty) lapel badge in very good condition with no damage to enamel but slight wear to the chrome finish. Centre bearing a heraldic shield from the 'Borough of Blackburn and Darwen' and depicts three Bees below a strung bugle to centre, Blackburn Police Reserve on circle. King's crown. Issue Number '73' on reverse. Maker marked Thomas Fattorini Ltd, Regent Works, Birmingham (partly obscured).
Original horseshoe fitting. Scarce.

Police Reservists badges such as these were authorised for wear in October 1939 (Mills. J, "Doing Their Bit" p79).

Code: 64363